Bob Connolly made an impassioned speech at the session on defining the documentary. The awed audience has already made it the stuff of legend. Here, off the tape, is the actual transcript.
I did not want to sit on this panel, or participate in this discussion, but Joost asked me to. I didn’t even know about the issue and I told Joost he should get someone else as I doubted I could make a worthwhile contribution. He insisted, and because I like him and respect him for a number of other reasons I agreed. And since I was going to sit here I tried to extend to him the courtesy of familiarizing myself with the issue. I’ve read various court judgments and press articles, I talked to people in the know, I think I have a reasonable take on the situation, and the position I take is, that this topic fills me with despair.
