A short video piece featuring director Bob Rafelson and actress Ellen Burstyn discussing the evolution of the characters in The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) and how accidents on the set proved beneficial to the film.
A short video piece featuring director Bob Rafelson and actress Ellen Burstyn discussing the evolution of the characters in The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) and how accidents on the set proved beneficial to the film.
2010-11-23
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An interview with American director, Anthony Mann. This documentary was first seen as episode 8 of the BBC TV series "The Movies." (A 17-minute excerpt from this show appears on the Criterion Collection's release of "The Furies.")
Behind the scenes of Roger Corman's Galaxy of Terror.
The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's greatest independent producers, is remembered in this classy documentary created for the PBS American Masters series. Based on A. Scott Berg's acclaimed biography, the film includes new interviews with Goldwyn's surviving family members as well as vintage interviews with such luminaries as Bette Davis, John Huston, Laurence Olivier and others.
The filmmaker Juan Pinzás goes on a physical and also inner journey, in search of some lost images that he filmed in the 80s. The journey takes him from Madrid to Galicia and on the search for these images he meets with various characters who will help him in his undertaking, such as the actors Paul Naschy and Javier Gurruchaga whose personal worlds will be examined in the film. Finally in Vigo, his home city, of which he presents a remarkable portrait, he finds an old film in Super-8mm with the missing images. The catharsis is produced with the viewing of the old film which turns out to be a tribute to cinema and this means the end of the filmmaker's introspective journey.
Documentary about the making of Swedish film director Jan Troell's "The New Land" (1971) and "The Emigrants" (1972).
Documentary about the making of the 1983 film "Danton" by director Andrzej Wajda.
In 1988, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder (1906-2002) at his office in Beverly Hills, California, and turned on his camera for a series of filmed interviews. (A recut of the 1992 TV miniseries Billy, How Did You Do It?)
Television documentary about German-born American director Douglas Sirk.
A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.
Television documentary about the making of Marcel Carné's 1945 film "Children of Paradise"
Television documentary about the making of Jacques Tati's 1958 film "Mon oncle".
Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
Television documentary about the making of Jacques Demy's 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg".
Television documentary about British film director Ken Loach.
Documentary exploring the friendship between French director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Alain Delon, and their collaboration on the 1967 film Le samouraï.
The making of Kevin Smith's film, Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
Documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs."
A comprehensive 12-part documentary on the making of "Spider-Man 2," covering everything from pre-production to premiere.
Documentary about Italian film director Ermanno Olmi, with emphasis on "The Tree of Wooden Clogs".
An interview with French film director Eric Rohmer.