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Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff (2010), Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016), Ride the Wild Surf (1964), Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (2016), Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006), Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015), RKO 281 (1999) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor...Read all
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Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016)
A feature documentary on the life and work of filmmaker, Richard Linklater. Produced and Directed by Louis Black (founder of SXSW Festivals and the Austin Chronicle) and Karen Bernstein (Emmy and Grammy Award winning documentary filmmaker), this is an unusual look at a fiercely independent style of filmmaking that arose from Austin, Texas in the 1980s/ early 90's and ...Read all
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Ride the Wild Surf (1964)
Fabian and Shelley Fabares are among the '60s stars surfing their way to paradise along the famous beaches on Hawaii's North Shore.
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Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (2016)
Wendy Whelan joined the New York City Ballet in 1984 and became its principal dancer in 1991. Whelan is followed as she confronts the limitations that time has placed on her body and learns to adapt to a new role in the dance community.
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Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006)
Rare archival film footage and interviews illustrate filmmaker Ric Burns' tribute to art-world icon Andy Warhol.
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Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015)
Storyboard artist Harold Michelson and his wife, film researcher Lillian Michelson, were once considered the heart of Hollywood.
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RKO 281 (1999)
Orson Welles (Liev Schreiber), all charisma and stubborn vision, is signed to direct films for RKO Pictures with a startling amount of creative freedom. Welles decides to make production number 281 a disguised biopic of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst (James Cromwell), a film which would come to be known as "Citizen Kane." But Welles doesn't understand just how much clout Hearst yields. When he gets word of the unflattering production, Hearst does everything in his power to stop it.
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The Making of a Legend: Gone With the Wind (1989)
Filmmaker David Hinton traces the evolution of the classic 1939 film "Gone with the Wind," from its beginnings as a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to its landmark status in the canon of 20th-century American cinema. Focusing on the film's creative linchpin, producer David O. Selznick, and his power struggles with the project's three directors, Hinton provides compelling insights into the making of the film, using a mix of interview subjects and never-before-seen screen tests.
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Woody Allen: A Documentary (2012)
Filmmaker Robert B. Weide chronicles the life of the actor, comedian and director and his creative processes.
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The Five Obstructions (2003)
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.
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Adventures in Babysitting (2016)
Two teenage baby sitters (Sabrina Carpenter, Sofia Carson) and a group of children spend a wild night in the big city.
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It's All True (1993)
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.
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Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005)
Who is Frank Gehry, and what makes the rule-breaking architect tick? That's what filmmaker -- and friend of Gehry -- Sydney Pollack aims to find out in this documentary. Pollack is afforded extensive access into the life and work of the man who designed such buildings as the Guggenheim of Spain and the Disney Concert Hall in California. Through interviews with fellow friends and admirers, Pollack examines the 77-year-old's creative process and his rise to prominence in the world of architecture.
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High Fidelity: The Guarneri String Quartet (1989)
Relationships, rehearsals, performances, hobbies, family life of the members of the Guarneri string quartet
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Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time (2001)
Portrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.
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The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera (1996)
In a documentary about Samuel Fuller, the spectator gets different impressions about the Hollywood director and his films. The film is divided into the three sections: The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera. The first segment covers Fuller's past as a newsman where he began as a copy boy and ended as a reporter. Part two describes Fuller's experiences in World...Read all
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The Endless Summer (1966)
The crown jewel to ten years of Bruce Brown surfing documentaries. Brown follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave, and ends up finding quite a few in addition to some colorful local characters.
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Deep Water (2006)
A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.
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