Frederick Wiseman sad, "If you hang around long enough, you can cut a dramatic narrative film out of real life.” For City Hall, Wiseman had the idea that recording what happens in a city hall would be a good inside look into the machinery of how a city runs.

Frederick Wiseman sad, "If you hang around long enough, you can cut a dramatic narrative film out of real life.” For City Hall, Wiseman had the idea that recording what happens in a city hall would be a good inside look into the machinery of how a city runs.

Frederick Wiseman sad, "If you hang around long enough, you can cut a dramatic narrative film out of real life.” For City Hall, Wiseman had the idea that recording what happens in a city hall would be a good inside look into the machinery of how a city runs.