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Nobody Watched People the Way Frederick Wiseman Did

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In 1968, as the filmmaker Frederick Wiseman was getting ready to release his second documentary, “High School,” he had reason to be a little uneasy. The release of his first effort, “Titicut Follies,” had turned out to be a fiasco. The film was a portrait of patient-inmates at the state-run Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Massachusetts, made with the consent of all participants (as well as their legal guardians) and the h…

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In 1968, while filmer Frederick Wiseman was preparing to launch his second documentary, “High School”, he had reasons to be passionate. The launch of his first work, “Titicut Follies”, had revealed a fisco. The film was a picture of patients inside the State Hospital Bridgewater for Criminal Insanos, administered by the state of Massachusetts, with the consent of all participants and hospital supervisors. It was filmed in the direct film style: …

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DNyuz broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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