Why are Reality TV Shows So Popular?

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/13/Bill_Guttentag_Reality_of_Documentary_Film

Two-time Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Bill Guttentag examines the ongoing popularity of reality TV shows.

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The Real and The Reality of Documentary Film with filmmaker Bill Guttentag.

The popularity of documentary films has exploded in recent years, resulting in a constant flow of narratives based on true events and real people. In a world where many would rather watch than read, the veracity of these films is often unquestioned. Should it be? Do these films manipulate reality? What are the responsibilities of the filmmaker? Guttentag tackles these and many other questions - The Commonwealth Club of California

Bill Guttentag, a two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker, wrote and directed Live!, a dramatic feature starring Eva Mendes, Andre Braugher, and David Krumholtz. The film was produced by Chuck Roven/Mosaic Media Group and distributed by The Weinstein Company. He also wrote and directed Nanking, a documentary which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The film includes a stage reading he wrote that features Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, and Jurgen Prochnow. Nanking was released theatrically this winter by THINKFilm and will air later in the year on HBO.

In 2003 Bill Guttentag won an Oscar for the documentary Twin Towers (Universal). It was his second Academy Award; the first was for You Don't Have to Die, a film he made for HBO.

He has also received three additional Oscar nominations, as well as two Emmy Awards. His films have been selected three times for the Sundance Film Festival and have played and won awards at numerous American and international film festivals. His films have received a number of special screenings, including one at the White House.

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[littletiger2020]

I don't understand why reality tv is popular. It requires no thinking, no talent. What ever happened to normal programs and movies. Enough already..

[Savage2MoGa]

I was 95% sure that all reality shows were fake and had to search the internet until I saw this clip, I'm 500% sure now they all fake.

thank you for posting.

[Texfield91]

I don't know about any of you...but i am officially boycotting realty tv. I am sick to death of it - im talking physically nauseated. Someone has to stand up a reject this rot to our culture.

[sega31098]

@littletiger2020

You can't generalize all reality TV. It depends on each show.

Shows like Jersey Shore look scripted enough. Shows like Survivor, talent shows, and other British reality shows are more real. If you slip up on those shows, you WILL be caught.

[sega31098]

@ijjiGunZTuTs

It's called suburbs, where there's nothing much to do outside.

[swygster]

Reality tv is as fake as tv can get.

[metalwarrior917]

Reality TV is more scripted than WWE

[glenb77]

Why does the man have no body!!??! it's all blackness...

[CHTWillCome723]

People who loveee reality tv have no brains lol

[Xcoming2]

reality TV is for teen girls and mothers who lose interest in the disney channel.

[Texasjim2007]

Reality shows are for people who got hooked on drugs for ADS in school and lost all interest in creativity, imagination, or scientific and technological progress. All the truly intelligent imaginative people today who by the way have more money for advertisers since they own computers are online exploring the infinitely vaster more interactive opportunities of cyberspace where they even show old tv shows.

[Texasjim2007]

I wouldn't watch a reality tv show unless I was paid to which is why I watched guard posts in the Army and Army guard posts are usually more interesting to watch since you can run into the same assortment of drunks, wierdos, hot looking babes, and occassionally even might have one try to kill you which makes it much more exciting.