Here’s Looking at You

When Albert Maysles pitched his idea for a documentary self-portrait titled Hand-Held and from the Heart at the co-financing Forum in Amsterdam last November, the commissioning editors perched at the pitch table, like so many doc devotees around the world, were eager to surrender their cash for the chance to screen his film. Moderator Jess Search, formerly of the u.k.'s Channel 4, even promised to put in a good word with C4 doc boss Peter Dale provided the dean of docs (as Maysles was once dubbed by

April 1, 2005

When Albert Maysles pitched his idea for a documentary self-portrait titled Hand-Held and from the Heart at the co-financing Forum in Amsterdam last November, the commissioning editors perched at the pitch table, like so many doc devotees around the world, were eager to surrender their cash for the chance to screen his film. Moderator Jess Search, formerly of the u.k.'s Channel 4, even promised to put in a good word with C4 doc boss Peter Dale provided the dean of docs (as Maysles was once dubbed by