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2013
Functions of Film Sound
Functions of Film Sound1 2013 HD
This visual essay sets clips from Robert Bresson's "A Man Escaped" to a reading of "Functions of Film Sound," a chapter from David Bordwell and...
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2021
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'1 2021 HD
A new documentary by Daniel Raim and Eugene Suen on the making of "Flowers of Shanghai," featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Mark...
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2010
Underworld: How it Came to Be
Underworld: How it Came to Be1 2010 HD
Documentary on the making of Josef von Sternberg's 'Underworld,' which launched the American gangster genre as we know it.
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2024
Stuart Dryburgh
Stuart Dryburgh1 2024 HD
“Cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh discusses his work on Lone Star in this interview, recorded for the Criterion Collection iin New York in...
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2008
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad7.00 2008 HD
Documentary about the technical achievements of the 1940 film classic The Thief of Bagdad.
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2015
A Physical History of 'M'
A Physical History of 'M'1 2015 HD
This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and original distribution to the digital restoration used...
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2019
On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime
On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime1 2019 HD
A collection of excerpted on-screen interviews with fifteen of the Apollo astronauts.
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2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War1 2020 HD
Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the...
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2013
Living 'Lord of the Flies'
Living 'Lord of the Flies'1 2013 HD
Actor Tom Gaman (Simon) narrates some 8mm movies shot during the film's three-month production and shares memories of working on the movie during his...
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2020
Making 'The Irishman'
Making 'The Irishman'7.20 2020 HD
Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino going behind the scenes of their universally...
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2012
The Unluckiest Dragon
The Unluckiest Dragon1 2012 HD
An audio essay narrated by Greg Pflugfelder explaining the events surrounding a tuna-fish boat called 'Daigo fukuryu maru'. The event inspires the...
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2013
Caroline Champetier and Arnaud Desplechin: A Conversation about 'Shoah'
Caroline Champetier and Arnaud Desplechin: A Conversation about 'Shoah'1 2013 HD
An interview about 'Shoah' featuring Caroline Champetier, who did assistant camera work on the film, and Arnaud Desplechin.
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2018
Weimar on the Pacific
Weimar on the Pacific1 2018 HD
In this documentary, film scholars Gerd Germünden and Noah Isenberg discuss the artistic origins of Marlene Dietrich in the cabarets of Weimar...
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2013
The Making of 'Nashville'
The Making of 'Nashville'1 2013 HD
Retrospective documentary on the making of Robert Altman's Nashville (1975).
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2021
Undressing a Legacy
Undressing a Legacy1 2021 HD
In this interview, conducted in spring 2021, scholar Nick Rees-Roberts traces the influence of La Piscine on the worlds of film and fashion in the...
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2020
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies8.00 2020 HD
Time Travelers, a new documentary by Daniel Raim featuring interviews with John Bengtson and film historian Marc Wanamaker, reveals newly discovered...
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2010
Tadao Sato on Ozu's The Only Son
Tadao Sato on Ozu's The Only Son1 2010 HD
Documentary and interview with Japanese film critic and scholar Tadao Sato about Yasujiro Ozu film The Only Son.
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2017
Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts
Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts1 2017 HD
Filmed in Los Angeles in August 2017, director Donna Deitch, cinematographer Robert Elswit and production designer Jeannine Oppewall discuss their...
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2019
Evan Dalton Smith on Andy Griffith
Evan Dalton Smith on Andy Griffith1 2019 HD
'A Face in the Crowd' was Andy Griffith's first film role; he would go on to be most famous for his folksy portrayal of Sheriff Andy Taylor on...
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2015
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'6.50 2015 HD
Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during the filming of...