It's Pretty Clear That Fame Isn't Inextricably

Twenty To Thirty Years Ago, Who Was Making Documentary Films? Nobody. Well, Relatively Few People. It Was An Art Form That Had Limited Theatrical Distribution, If Any At All. Some Television Distribution, But Relatively Small Audiences Regardless. And In The Intervening Years It's Become More And More Popular With A Lot Of People.

I Gave Someone A Perverse Argument Not So Long Ago About Why Advertising Is Better Than Movies. You Want To Hear It? Movies Operate From A Really Disingenuous Premise, That People Are Heroes. I Know A Lot Of People And Have Had An Opportunity Over The Years To Observe Them. Are They Heroes...? Let's Put It This Way. Advertising Tries Something Simpler And More Believable: Products As Heroes. I Guess The Idea Is: When All Else Fails, Put Your Faith In Conditioner.

Ecstatic Absurdity: It's The Confrontation With Meaninglessness.

There's A Line I Love In Conan The Barbarian Where Someone Says, "that Used To Be Another Snake Cult, Now I See It Everywhere." That's Certainly True Of Documentaries. I Wouldn't Say It's Ubiquitous, But It's Become Close To Ubiquitous. It's Everywhere.

War Is Such A Peculiar Thing - Inaugurated By The Whims Of Few, Affecting The Fate Of Many. It Is Difficult, If Not Impossible, Thing To Understand, Yet We Feel Compelled To Describe It As Though It Has Meaning - Even Virtue. It Starts For Reasons Often Hopelessly Obscure, Meanders On, Then Stops