Magnificent obsessions
The stories of people who are not pursuing hobbies but passionate quests where their visions must be made tangible. Also the title of a
Douglas Sirk weepie about the restoration of vision.
Curious expeditions
Docs that take us to the far reaches of human experience, and seek to understand cultural otherness. Perhaps coined by 18th century
traveller Dr. Samuel Johnson whose sidekick James Boswell saw that it was necessary to take "a longer journey than to the Highlands."
Ecstatic truths
Films that communicate the truths of
poets not accountants, coined by seer Werner Herzog.
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