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. <ul><li>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191712/">R.J. Cutler</a>, filmmaker.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>RESOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/show/fight-for-glory-2024-world-series/umc.cmc.6x620ggn8n2yamemiuk7ys8yt">Fight for Glory</a>, documentary (2025).</li><li><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81479059">Martha</a>, documentary (2024).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/tv-documentaries-ethical-standards.html">Reality Check: The Boom—or Glut—in Streaming Documentaries Has Sparked a Reckoning Among Filmmakers and Their Subjects</a>," by Reeves Wiedeman (Vulture, 2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/documentary-streaming-age-filmmaker-debate-ethics-payments-1235221541/">Inside the Documentary Cash Grab</a>," by Mia Galuppo and Katie Kilkenny (The Hollywood Reporter, 2022).</li><li><a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/billie-eilish-the-worlds-a-little-blurry/umc.cmc.5waz3hfo9r1133t8arap8b6nq?action=play">Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry,</a> documentary (2021).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>EXTRAS:<ul><li>“<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/ari-emanuel-is-never-indifferent/">Ari Emanuel Is Never Indifferent,</a>” by Freakonomics Radio (2023).</li></ul></li></ul>

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