The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993), Comrades in Dreams (2006), After the Rehearsal (1984), How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) (2005), David Lynch: The Art Life (2016), Uncle Howard (2016), Baadasssss! (2003), Woody Allen: A Documentary (2012) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Filmmaking movies.
Storyline: Ray Müller directs this extensive documentary on the life of Nazi propaganda filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. Created at the behest of Riefenstahl, the film honestly delves into her association with Hitler and the extent to which she knows of the Nazi Party's entire strategy. It also gives a fuller picture of Riefenstahl's life, discussing her ascent from dancer to documentary filmmaker, as well as her post-Nazi work, which includes nature filmmaking and photography.
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, history, nazi germany, filmmaking, propaganda, controversy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This 2006 documentary looks at diverse people from various countries around the world who share a common passion for movies. The film follows independent theater owners, chronicling their struggles to discover and share cinematic gems with audiences. Featured venues include an Indian circus tent, an old Wyoming barn, and an open-air theater in West Africa. All face the familiar problems of booking, marketing and financing present in larger theaters, but persevere because of their passions.
Plot Keywords: documentary, cross-cultural, independent film, social observation, filmmaking, true story, art film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An aging Swedish stage director's (Erland Josephson) ex-lover (Ingrid Thulin) and would-be lover (Lena Olin) visit him on the set.
Plot Keywords: drama, tv movie, swedish, psychological drama, theatre, actors, director ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include "Watermelon Man" and "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." In this documentary, the life of Van Peebles is discussed, including his work not only in film, but also as a novelist, actor, musician, stock trader and even Air Force pilot. Interview subjects include Gil Scott-Heron, Spike lee and Melvin's son and fellow filmmaker, Mario Van Peebles.
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, musician, independent film, filmmaking, avant-garde, social commentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The life and career of iconic director David Lynch are explored in more than 20 conversations recorded with him at his home.
Plot Keywords: documentary, artist, biography, filmmaking, artistic creation, director, personal history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Director Howard Brookner's body of work is rediscovered 30 years after his death.
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, new york, filmmaking, 1980s, archival footage, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.
Plot Keywords: biography, drama, history, independent film, cultural, social, art ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmaker Robert B. Weide chronicles the life of the actor, comedian and director and his creative processes.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, director, filmmaking, comedy, new york, film history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On the run from the police, Cameron (Steve Railsback) crashes the set of a Hollywood war movie. When he inadvertently causes a stunt man's death, the film's manipulative director, Eli Cross (Peter O'Toole), decides to shelter Cameron from the cops if he steps in as the daredevil's replacement. Though the arrangement seems like a good deal, it soon becomes a perilous position, with the situation only complicated when Cameron falls for the movie's lead actress, Nina Franklin (Barbara Hershey).
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, comedy, drama, thriller, mystery, crime ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An actor (Kirk Douglas) and a director (Edward G. Robinson), both washed-up in Hollywood, try to make a comeback in Rome.
Plot Keywords: drama, hollywood, film industry, redemption, alcoholism, psychological trauma, italy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, "The Perfect Human," starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake the film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates ever more elaborate rules for the contest.
Plot Keywords: documentary, experimental film, director, challenge, creative process, art, filmmaking ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Members of a troubled German film crew spend most of their time drinking, talking and waiting in a hotel.
Plot Keywords: movie, drama, black comedy, postmodern, absurd, satire, art film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1942, fresh off the success of "Citizen Kane," director Orson Welles journeys to Brazil to make a documentary. The unscripted look at bullfighting, the samba and three fisherman making a voyage of protest on the open sea stuns the studio with its daring storytelling and politics. The unfinished film is scuttled, and so is the director's career. The story of the debacle is told through interviews with Welles and others involved in the project, plus rarely viewed scenes from the documentary.
Plot Keywords: documentary, 1940s, film history, hollywood, independent film, biography, filmmaking ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jim Jarmusch, Debbie Harry and others discuss the No Wave and Cinema of Transgression movements that took place in New York in the late 1970s and early '80s.
Plot Keywords: independent film, documentary, experimental film, 1970s, 1980s, film history, counterculture ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmed only a few years before his death, this documentary focuses on the career of Henri Cartier-Bresson, a frustrated painter who became a world-renowned photographer. As he reviews his portfolio of iconic images and notable figures, the notoriously press-shy Cartier-Bresson offers insights into his legendary career, which covered everything from Gandhi's funeral to the fall of China. Interviews with historians and colleagues explore the powerful impact of his globetrotting work.
Plot Keywords: documentary, photography, biography, art, france, director, filmmaking ...
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