Editing Robert Fisk (section)

=== Media appearances ===
He was interviewed by [[Kirsty Young]] for ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' in 2006. His final selections were ''[[Adagio for Strings]]'' by [[Samuel Barber]], ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'' by [[Thomas Malory]], and a violin.<ref>{{Cite AV media|title=Desert Island Discs: Robert Fisk |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0093v0v|access-date=15 November 2020|work=BBC Sounds<!-- Originally broadcast on Radio 4 -->}}</ref>

Fisk featured in the 2016 documentary film ''[[notes to eternity]]'' by New Zealand filmmaker Sarah Cordery, along with [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Norman Finkelstein]] and [[Sara Roy]].<ref>''[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]'', ''Movie Review: Notes to Eternity'', May 10, 2016 [https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/film-reviews/79845149/movie-review-notes-to-eternity] Retrieved 3 January 2021</ref> The film explores their lives and work in relation to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Fisk was profiled in [[Yung Chang]]'s 2019 documentary film ''[[This Is Not a Movie (2019 film)|This Is Not a Movie]]''.<ref>Simon Houpt, "Journalism documentary This Is Not a Movie plays like Robert Fisk's greatest hits and misses: Yung Chang's new National Film Board doc looks at the career of the veteran British foreign correspondent". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 18 May 2020.</ref> In reviewing the film, ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' stated: "The two things that give this documentary its power and provocativeness are intellectual rather than dramatic: Fisk’s work, and his ideas."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|title=Review: This Is Not a Movie Is a Smart, Clear-Eyed Tribute to Robert Fisk|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review-this-is-not-a-movie-is-a-smart-clear-eyed-tribute-to-robert-fisk/|access-date=15 November 2020}}</ref> Cath Clarke, writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', said the film asks its audience about war: "Is there something deep in our souls that permits it because it feels natural? His painful, deeply serious question about the inevitability of war sets the tone of this documentary about his career."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Clarke|first=Cath|date=11 June 2020|title=This Is Not a Movie review – the drama and tragedy of the Middle East|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/11/this-is-not-a-movie-review-middle-east-war-reporter-robert-fisk-biographical-documentary|access-date=15 November 2020|work=The Guardian}}</ref>