Documentaire over het leven van Alice Guy-Blaché. Zij staat geboekstaafd als de eerste vrouwelijke filmregisseur. Haar eerste film maakte ze in 1896 op de prille leeftijd van 23 en in haar leven schreef, regisseerde en produceerde ze meer dan duizend films.
In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, left Stockholm and went to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special cinephiles, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (An abridged version of Bergmans video, 2012.)
Documentaire over de chaotische produktie van Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo. Deze film laat zien hoe het mogelijk was dat de Fitzcarraldo gemaakt werd ondanks problemen die een minder bezeten regisseur onderuit hadden gehaald.
Documentaire over het leven en werk van de cultregisseur Quentin Tarantino. Zijn legendarische eerste acht films staan centraal. Ondersteund door interviews met tal van vrienden en collega's en verrijkt met filmfragmenten. Van 'Reservoir Dogs' naar 'Pulp Fiction' naar 'Inglorious Basterds' en 'The Hateful 8'.
Terugblik op de carrière van regisseur Brian de Palma, aan de hand van onthullende anekdotes en, uiteraard, een schat aan filmfragmenten.
Het buitengewone leven van Orson Welles (1915-85), een enigma van Hollywood, een onherleidbare onafhankelijke schepper: een muzikaal wonderkind, een uitstekend schilder, een meester van theater en radio, een moderne Shakespeare, een goochelaar die altijd op zoek was naar een nieuwe truc om zijn publiek te verrassen, een romantische en legendarische figuur die alleen voor de film leefde.
Een portret van een gewiekste entrepreneur die zowel uit koppigheid als opportunisme altijd buiten het studiosysteem opereerde, nooit om een portie wansmaak of wat goedkope sensatie verlegen zat, maar desondanks uitgroeide tot de godfather van de New Hollywood-generatie.
A look at Kevin Smith's life and career from his childhood in New Jersey, to the day they cemented his footprints at the world famous TCL Chinese Theater, with a flock of famous folks testifying on Silent Bob's behalf!
Hollywood, 1942. De Amerikaanse regering zet de in Hongarije geboren filmregisseur Michael Curtiz, die op het punt staat de opnamen van „Casablanca” te voltooien, onder druk om de propagandaboodschap van de film te benadrukken en zo de publieke opinie te winnen voor de interventie van het land in de Europese oorlog.
An 83-minute candid look into the life of Kubrick, including interviews with his widow, family, coworkers and actors, and featuring a tour of the Archive in London and an inside look into Kubrick's home.
'S Is for Stanley' is het verhaal van Emilio D'Alessandro, de privéchauffeur van Stanley Kubrick. Tijdens deze dertigjarige vriendschap die twee uiteenlopende karakters samenbracht, realiseerde de regisseur vier meesterwerken.
Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (1920-1993) in his personal and creative intimacy, to capture the gears of his great circus, his fantastic lies and his crazy inventions.
Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death.
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, left Stockholm and went to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special cinephiles, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (Released in 2013, edited and abridged, as Trespassing Bergman.)
An account of the life and work of Russian filmmaker Andrey Tarkovsky (1932-86) in his own words: his memories, his vision of art and his reflections on the fate of the artist and the meaning of human existence; through extremely rare audio recordings that allow a complete understanding of his inner life and the mysterious world existing behind his complex cinematic imagery.
An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece “A Trip to the Moon” (1902), unexpectedly found in Spain and restored thanks to the heroic efforts of a group of true cinema lovers.
June 1944. In the newly liberated Rome, Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Amidei decide, against all odds, to make an unprecedented, true-to-life film on the tragic events that occurred during the Nazi occupation: Rome, Open City .
Rare glimpse into the fascinating mind of one of cinema's greatest directors. Footage was gathered over a two year period and documents David Lynch's many creative interests as well as his passion for filmmaking. It’s “abstract trip” which reveals new aspects of the personality and the cinematographic vision of one of the exceptional authors of contemporary cinema. Personal portrait of David Lynch and his creative universe.
A moving account, in his own words, of the personal life and work of the brilliant Czech filmmaker Miloš Forman (1932-2018): his tragic childhood, his major contribution to the cultural movement known as the Czech New Wave, his exile in Paris, his troubled days in New York, his rise to stardom in Hollywood; a complete existence in the service of cinema.