Hmm, he seems reminiscent of Cap'n Jack Sparrow. Maybe Johhny Depp shoulda done him as Ian Dury instead of Keef.

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Met him once (friend of a Walthamstowe film school colleague at the time of Kilburns) Seemed like a pussycat to me, but one swallow...He did appreciate irreverence - though that was the patois of the time. Same guy also knew Viv Stanshall - very funny but quaint - and Legs Larry, with whom I had some amusing incidents, especially involving outdoor festivals - aah the Summer of Love. But no homoerotic relationship should be deduced. At that time musicians and filmmakers were in a virginal dance of potential cooperative creativity.

It should be remembered that, at the time, movie cameras had only been recently freed from cumbersomeness by Monsieur Coutant. Suddenly movie technology could encompass spatial improvization.

It was of course our old friend serendipity. Music on film, previously, had always been a performance specifically for the camera, or within the physical limitations of a performance on stage, live or in a studio. But essentially rehearsed. The Sixties was the first time that Rock'n'Roll could just happen and be filmed. Where the presence of cameras was less interesting than the event, and thus cameras were more invisible - or deprioritized.

That, to me, is documentary film. That what is happening within the frame is more important than the fact that it is being filmed. Camera as pen. Hard to give rules about what is 'documentary' - but most people used to know it when they saw it.

Reality TV is not documentary. The presence of cameras is priority number one. The 4th wall is constantly acknowledged.

Documentary as a genre is as 'false' as Reality TV. In both, 'reality' is constructed in the editing room. I'm not saying one is better, just that they should not be confused. They both observe behaviours, but documentary has much more intellectual insight. imho.

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