Movies
May, 2001
Movie history is usually pursued in print. But now film scholars are getting competition from documentarians who ply their trade on cable TV and DVD. The growing demand for behind-the-scenes material on DVD has created a beehive of activity for a handful of freelance producers. Some of them are doing great work, though in a visual medium they must depend on interviewees and surviving background footage. With the ranks of Hollywood veterans thinning every month, there are fewer firsthand sources...
