Most Similar Movies to The First Film (2015)
If you are looking for movies like The First Film (2015), you might like movies tagged with keyword : documentary, film history, early cinema, british film, 19th century, experimental film, silent film, historical reenactment, film technology, british history, unsolved mystery, historical documentary, film theory .
It's All True (1993), The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2014), The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera (1996), Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (1993), If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011), Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer (2013), The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
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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The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2014)
About a series of unsolved disappearances on the Galapagos Island of Floreana in the 1930s.
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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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Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (1993)
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography, illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing.
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If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)
A rare behind-the-curtain look at the Earth Liberation Front, the radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's 'number one domestic terrorist threat.'
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Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer (2013)
Follows the court case of three members of the Russian feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot after their performance in a Russian Orthodox cathedral.
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The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
Mark Cousins dives deep into the visual world of legendary director and actor Orson Welles to reveal a portrait of the artist as he's never been seen before.
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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (2005)
In the late 19th century, King Leopold II uses the Congo -- part of his newly established kingdom, the Belgian Free State -- as a rubber and ivory mecca and uses troops to brutally dispose of anyone who refuses to retrieve the valuable materials.
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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
Narrated by Sydney Pollack, film critic Richard Schickel's dazzling two-hour plus documentary to one of the towering figures in film: Charles Chaplin. Hardcore Chaplin fans may not find much new material here, but more unfamiliar admirers will gain some valuable information about one of the most famous personalities of the 20th century. Schickel has constructed the do...Read all
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The Lodger (1927)
When a landlady (Marie Ault) and her husband (Arthur Chesney) take in a new lodger (Ivor Novello), they're overjoyed: He's quiet, humble and pays a month's rent in advance. But his mysterious and suspicious behavior soon has them wondering if he's the killer terrorizing local blond girls. Their daughter, Daisy (June), a cocky model, is far less concerned, her attraction obvious. Her police-detective boyfriend (Malcolm Keen), in a pique of jealousy, seeks to uncover the lodger's true identity.
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The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
Documentary on the life and works of comic genius Buster Keaton, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary filmmaker Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
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Strike (1924)
Authorities try to suppress a strike by factory workers in 1912 czarist Russia, with violent results.
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Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
This documentary explores the American military's use of torture by focusing on the unsolved murder of an Afhgani taxi driver who, in 2002, was taken for questioning at Bagram Force Air Base. Five days later, the man was dead. The medical examiner claimed the driver died from excessive physical abuse. Taking this case as a jumping-off point, the film examines wider claims of torture that occurred at bases like Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay during the Bush administration.
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.
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The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Agnès Varda explores her memories, mostly chronologically, with photographs, film clips, interviews, reenactments, and droll, playful contemporary scenes of her narrating her story.
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Fritz Lang (2016)
Filmmaker Fritz Lang seeks inspiration for his first sound film by immersing himself in the case of serial killer Peter Kürten.
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Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere (2014)
Author Poe Ballantine investigates the disappearance of a brilliant mathematics professor, who is later found mysteriously tied to a tree and burned beyond recognition.
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