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"There is also an artistic element which is lead by the film maker. Issues of what is reality and objectivity are as always relevant as someone is going to edit the film"

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Edwards is puncturing the comforting myth that a camera is an impartial witness. By calling documentary (or any filmed “reality”) an “artistic element” led by the filmmaker, he’s insisting that authorship doesn’t vanish just because the subject matter is real people, real events, real stakes. The line is slightly clunky, but the intent is clear: the moment someone chooses where to point a lens, when to cut, what to score, and which reaction shot to linger on, “objectivity” becomes a style choice, not a guarantee.

The subtext is a warning aimed at audiences raised on behind-the-scenes intimacy and influencer candor: authenticity is produced. Editing isn’t just trimming for time; it’s argument-making. It can turn a pause into guilt, a smile into menace, a silence into profundity. Edwards’s phrase “as always relevant” suggests fatigue with cyclical media debates, but also a quiet accusation: we keep acting surprised that film shapes reality while consuming it as if it’s raw truth.

Contextually, this lands in an era where “documentary” is a prestige genre and a content pipeline, and where the ethics of representation are constantly litigated in comment sections. Edwards, as an entertainer, isn’t theorizing from a lectern; he’s gesturing from inside the machine. The takeaway isn’t “don’t trust film,” but “watch it like you’d read a memoir”: alert to craft, perspective, and the invisible hand making the story feel inevitable.

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Edwards, Ben. (2026, January 15). There is also an artistic element which is lead by the film maker. Issues of what is reality and objectivity are as always relevant as someone is going to edit the film. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-is-also-an-artistic-element-which-is-lead-144842/

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Edwards, Ben. "There is also an artistic element which is lead by the film maker. Issues of what is reality and objectivity are as always relevant as someone is going to edit the film." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-is-also-an-artistic-element-which-is-lead-144842/.

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"There is also an artistic element which is lead by the film maker. Issues of what is reality and objectivity are as always relevant as someone is going to edit the film." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-is-also-an-artistic-element-which-is-lead-144842/. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.

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