Summary
In this visual essay from documentary filmmaker Chuck Workman, clips from boundary-pushing films are intercut with interviews with such acclaimed filmmakers as David Lynch, Michael Moore, Robert Altman, Alfred Hitchcock, and Akira Kurosawa. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Contents
Bonus experimental short films: Ballet Mécanique / Fernand Léger (1924) (11 min.)Return to reason / Man Ray (1923) (2 min.)
Leave me alone / Man Ray (1926) (16 min.)
The sea star = L'étoile de mer / Man Ray (1928) (16 min.)
The mysteries of the chateau of dice = Les mystères de château du dé / Man Ray (1929) (20 min.)
The life and death of 9413 : a Hollywood extra / Slovko Vorkapich and Robert Florey (1927) (14 min.)
Peyote queen / Storm de Hirsch (1965) (9 min.)
Notes on the circus / Jonas Mekas (1968) (13 min.)
Flo rounds a corner / Ken Jacobs (1999) (6 min.)
Turn it back / Lewis Klahr (2013) (3 min.)
The emblazoned apparitions / Phil Solomon (2013) (6 min.).
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Motion pictures
-- Philosophy.
Motion pictures -- Production and direction. Motion pictures -- History. Documentary films. Film clips. Interviews. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [New York, New York] :Cohen Media Group,2014 Distributed by Entertainment One Film USA LLC, |
| Edition | DVD edition, Widescreen. |
| Contributors |
Workman, Chuck,
film director, editor of moving image work. Cohen, Charles S., 1952- film producer. Akerman, Chantal, interviewee. Altman, Robert, 1925-2006, interviewee. Bresson, Robert, interviewee. Costa-Gavras, 1933- interviewee. Epstein, Robert P., 1955- interviewee. Franco, James, 1978- interviewee. Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, interviewee. Hoberman, J., interviewee. Jacobs, Ken, 1933- interviewee. Kiarostami, Abbas, interviewee. Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, interviewee. Leigh, Mike, 1943- interviewee. Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011, interviewee. Lynch, David, 1946- interviewee. Mekas, Jonas, 1922-2019 interviewee. Moore, Michael, 1954 April 23- interviewee. Rainer, Yvonne, 1934- interviewee. Reichardt, Kelly, interviewee. Viola, Bill, 1951- interviewee. Cohen Media Group, production company, publisher. Entertainment One (Firm : India), film distributor. |
| Participants/Performers |
Interviewees, Chantal Akerman, Robert Altman, Robert Bresson, Costa Gavras, Rob Epstein, James Franco, Alfred Hitchcock, J. Hoberman, Ken Jacobs, Abbas Kiarostami, Akira Kurosawa, Mike Leigh, Sidney Lumet, David Lynch, Jonas Mekas, Michael Moore, Yvonne Rainer, Kelly Reichardt, Bill Viola. |
| Other Contributors |
Cinematographers, John Sharaf, Tom Hurwitz, Michael Lisnet ; editor, Chuck Workman. |
| Language |
English In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Originally released as a documentary film in 2014. Accompanying booklet (8 pages) comprises portraits. Special features: Trailer; experimental short films. |
| System Details |
DVD; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 9781417243488 1417243481 |
| Other | Classic View |