“In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.”
Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) British filmmaker
“In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.”
As quoted in Hitchcock (revised edition 1984) by François Truffaut with the collaboration of Helen G. Scott, p. 102.
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