• 632. When Did We All Start Watching Documentaries?

  • May 2 2025
  • Length: 54 mins
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632. When Did We All Start Watching Documentaries?

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  • It used to be that making documentary films meant taking a vow of poverty (and obscurity). The streaming revolution changed that. Award-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler talks to Stephen Dubner about capturing Billie Eilish’s musical genius and Martha Stewart’s vulnerability — and why he really, really, really needs to make a film about the New York Mets.

    • SOURCES:
      • R.J. Cutler, filmmaker.

    • RESOURCES:
      • Fight for Glory, documentary (2025).
      • Martha, documentary (2024).
      • "Reality Check: The Boom—or Glut—in Streaming Documentaries Has Sparked a Reckoning Among Filmmakers and Their Subjects," by Reeves Wiedeman (Vulture, 2023).
      • "Inside the Documentary Cash Grab," by Mia Galuppo and Katie Kilkenny (The Hollywood Reporter, 2022).
      • Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry, documentary (2021).

    • EXTRAS:
      • “Ari Emanuel Is Never Indifferent,” by Freakonomics Radio (2023).
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