Frederick Wiseman Retires at 95 as His Documentaries Screen at Lincoln Center
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Many masters are moving on. Sometimes, as with the recent death of David Lynch, they pass on suddenly and leave us reeling. Some artists have the luck of bowing out with the attention they deserve and an invitation to old fans and newcomers alike to immerse themselves in the work. That’s what Film Form did with the great Ken Loach, screening more than 20 of his movies in a film series as the director announced his retirement. And that’s what the documentary master Frederick Wiseman is doing in some ways, having spent roughly five years meticulously digitizing and restoring much of his work, which has been screening as a massive retrospective around the country, currently as Frederick Wiseman: An American Institutionat Film at Lincoln Center in New York.
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