Docs about Films & Filmmakers

Part 1 of an in-depth interview exploring Welles' achievements and frustrations during his life in film and theatre.

Part 2 of an in-depth interview exploring Welles' achievements and frustrations during his life in film and theatre.

German documentary for TV about the "Cinema Novo" movement (Brazilian New Wave). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967: Leon Hirszman preparing the script with poet/writer Vinicius de Moraes for "Garota de Ipanema" (1967); Glauber Rocha shooting "Terra em Transe" (1967); Arnaldo Jabor editing "A Opinião Pública" (1967); Nelson Pereira dos Santos shooting "El Justicero" (1967); the rushes and voice-looping sessions of Domingos Oliveira's "Todas as Mulheres do Mundo" (1967); and the opening of Carlos Diegues's "A Grande Cidade" (1966).

In 1955, Orson Welles directed and hosted a mini series for British television. He leads us through a few famous places of Europe with his inimitable touch. In Paris he introduces us to famous artists such as Juliette Gréco or Jean Cocteau who lived in the Saint Germain Des Pres quarter. In London we meet the Chelsea Pensioners, in Spain we attend a Madrid Bullfight and visit the Basque country (Basque Country 1&2). Somewhere between a home movie and a cinematic essay, these short films have been described by French critics as the missing link in Welles' work.

In 1956, Orson Welles directed 'Tragedy of Lurs', an episode of the television series 'Around the World' that was inspired by the murder of a British family near the Dominici farm. The film was unfinished, but the French director Christophe Cognet recovered his materials and reconstructed the documentary.

Essay film shot for TV including Orson Welles reflections on Othello close to the Moviola, a chat with Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir and fragments of a conversation with the audience in Boston after a screening of the film.

After a screening of 'The Trial' at the University of Southern California, Welles discussed with the public and tried to answer their questions.

A two-and-a-half hour documentary retrospective on the career of Orson Welles.

A renowned director's twilight years, delving into his unfulfilled ambitions and personal turmoil as his illustrious career winds down.

Directed by Arata Oshima, son of rebel filmmaker Nagisa Oshima, who had praised Sono's early work before his passing, this documentary gives insight into the man, the poet, the painter, the scriptwriter, the husband and the boy who will eventually grow up to be the Sion Sono. Lineage, history and the past meeting the present are themes in this film in which Oshima connects the dots in Sono's creative life by taking the camera to the site of his upbringing and following the production of his most recent film The Whispering Star.

Famous actresses talk about their role in the movie industry, and the demand to "be beautiful and shut up".

In this documentary, we follow Stanely Kubrick as he creates one of the most controversial films of all time, one that retains its power to shock audiences, even after 35 years. At the time of its release, A Clockwork Orange created a firestorm of controversy. Through interviews with collaborators, filmmakers, screenwriters and authors, we come to appreciate Stanley Kubrick as an artist unafraid to take risks and court controversy, committed unwaveringly to his single-minded goal: the highest artistic quality of his films.

An exploration of various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining (1980).

What really happened between the pictures?

Amidst a constant stream of hundreds of film clips, dozens of filmmakers voice their opinions on the titular question while primarily looking beyond the Hollywood mainstream to independent, experimental, documentary and avant-garde films.

The eight-hour series of interviews between Gilles Deleuze and Claire Parnet, filmed by Pierre-André Boutang in 1988-1989. The individual episodes are "A comme Animal," "B comme Boisson," "C comme Culture," "D comme Désir," "E comme Enfance," "F comme Fidélité," "G comme Gauche," "H comme Histoire de la philosophie", "I comme Idée, "J comme Joie", "K comme Kant", "L comme Literature,"M comme Maladie,"N comme Neurologie", "O comme Opéra", "P comme Professeur", "Q comme question," "R comme Résistance", "S comme Style","T comme Tennis","U comme Un", "V comme Voyage", "W comme Wittgenstein, "X & Y comme inconnues," "Z comme Zigzag"

A painter presents his own kind of "making of" documentary, without dialogue, playing games with light and superimpositions.

A biographical movie on film director Philippe Garrel, based on a live interview during which his ideas and relationships are discussed, and illustrated with inserts from his movies.

The Portuguese director Paulo Rocha pays tribute to a mentor, Manoel De Oliveira, in this hour long TV documentary portrait.

A docu-drama that follows Manoel de Oliveira's life during the times of dictatorship in Portugal.

Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the movement called "Cinema Novo", with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.

Two directors struggle to survive in the movie industry.

Examines the career of film director Elio Petri.