Broomfield has a knack for tapping the zeitgeist: he began the trend for more personal journalism, for turning to celebrity subjects, and for spotting what a documentary needs to succeed on the big screen.
Whereas the traditional culture of Taos Pueblo, according to Lee's documentary, needs clowns to enforce order through ridiculousness, for us, clowns are completely superfluous.
Every great documentary needs character development, and finally, he is redeemed.
Any good documentary needs narration, especially for one as layered, and with as many individuals involved, as this.
A documentary needs to have balance, but it doesn't mean you need to put every fact, and to counterpoint every fact, because then the film would be endless.
If that name or sitch sounds familiar to you, it might be because Herzog already zeroed in on his story ten years ago in the documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly.
More recently, Wexler, who was a board member of the International Cinematographers Guild, returned to social commentary with the 2006 documentary "Who Needs Sleep?," which addressed the movie industry problem of sleep deprivation among film crews who must work excessively long hours.
Now, the Still Waters documentary team needs your help.
The most compelling aspect of the documentary deals with the need for gay athletes to hide their sexual orientation to survive in straight sports society.
As a freelancer in recent years, Mr. Lanker took on high-profile clients to finance the documentary work he thought needed to be done.
