Sundance notebook: Songwriting footage helps make Taylor Swift doc, `Miss Americana,` really pop
(WorldNews Entertainment)

Dynamic concert footage was captured during the filming of `Miss Americana,` the new Taylor Swift documentary that played to a pair of raucous audiences at the Eccles Theatre during the opening two days of the Sundance Film Festival. The vast majority of that incredible live action, however, didn`t make it into the 86-minute final cut. That was intentional, said producer Morgan Neville, crediting director Lana Wilson with the vision of focusing more on actual behind-the-scenes songwriting and often unglamorous day-to-day life of a global music icon. `We have so much footage of past tours, and I think a decision that Lana made at the...