Jean Rouch Professions : Filmmaker Born : May 31, 1917 Died : February 18, 2004 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Jean Rouch I look at the human sciences as poetic sciences in which there is no objectivity, and I see film as not being objective, and cinema verite as a cinema of lies that depends on the art of telling yourself lies. If you’re a good storyteller then the lie is more true than reality, and if you’re a bad one, the truth is worse than a half lie. Jean Rouch lying reality art Cinema verité is not the film of truth, but the truth of film. Jean Rouch cinema film Glory to he who brings dispute. Jean Rouch disputes glory Similar Authors Burnie Burns filmmaker Brian Lindstrom filmmaker Brian Koppelman filmmaker Anne Fontaine filmmaker Avi Lewis filmmaker Ava DuVernay filmmaker All Authors