Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/ali-cavett-the-tale-of-the-tapes/ Tue, 13 Mar 2018 15:31:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://cdn.theplaylist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/14214807/cropped-cropped-media-47-1-32x32.png Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/ali-cavett-the-tale-of-the-tapes/ 32 32 ‘Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes’ Is A Well-Crafted Bore [SXSW Review] https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ali-cavett-the-tale-of-the-tapes-review-20180311/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ali-cavett-the-tale-of-the-tapes-review-20180311/#respond Mon, 12 Mar 2018 00:45:39 +0000 http://theplaylist.net/?p=381875 ‘Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes’ Is A Well-Crafted Bore [SXSW Review]

The tried and true “archival footage + talking heads” documentary formula works, and good documentarians know how to swing that formula without sacrificing filmmaking’s visual component. Pick your interviewees. Choose your locations. Compose your shots. Light the frame properly. Find the right rhythm of cutting the archival material with your interviews. Rinse, lather, repeat. Sometimes, though, doing everything technically right doesn’t make for an exciting movie, and in those times the problem is content.

That’s “Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes” in a nutshell. 

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