01 Jan 1982
Lettre d'Alain Cavalier
A movie director attemps to film the way he writes a screenplay.
Top Billed Cast
Marita Sturken Self - media, culture & communication professor
Robert Rosenstone Self - historian
John C. McGinley Self - actor (Platoon)
Robert Richardson Self - director of photography (Platoon)
Similar movies
Lettre d'Alain Cavalier Lettre d'Alain Cavalier Clerk 
Clerk 17 Mar 2021
Clerk
A look at Kevin Smith's life and career from his childhood in New Jersey, to the day they cemented his footprints at the world famous TCL Chinese Theater, with a flock of famous folks testifying on Silent Bob's behalf!
Carnal Hell Carnal Hell Carnal Hell
A documentary about the making of Joe Cash's last directorial feature film Carnal Redemption, showcasing the behind the scenes, the preproduction hell of the film and the mayhem which goes into a Joe Cash film.
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 04 May 2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory 
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory 21 Feb 2018
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
A live performance film capturing an intimate concert by composer, pianist and music producer Ryuichi Sakamoto in New York City. The performance marked the first public unveiling of Sakamoto’s new opus, async, hailed as one of the best albums of 2017 by Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.
Sous le soleil de Pialat 
Sous le soleil de Pialat 18 Oct 2021
Sous le soleil de Pialat
In just ten films, Maurice Pialat painfully rose to the top of the cinema, draining into his legend a mad demand for truth as much as memorable fury to achieve it. With "L'Enfance nue", his first feature film at the age of 43, the filmmaker immediately made his mark, this "art of making things authentic", according to Chabrol. But throughout an unclassifiable filmography in the form of an autobiography, from a break-up to his fatherhood in wonder, through the agony of his mother, the filmmaker does not get rid of the feeling of being misunderstood, despite international recognition.
Quicksand 
Quicksand 01 Mar 2013
Quicksand
"A week before he passed away, my grandfather shared with me his former aspirations of becoming a filmmaker. After many trials, a narrow escape from the Nazis and immigration to the United States, the dream slowly but surely came true. surely passed out. After his passing, I discovered a treasure trove of dust-covered 8mm film archives that had apparently not been seen by anyone for at least a generation. Mesmerized, what unfolded before me was something something most people, myself included, had never seen before: the development and complete decline of the human body and mind. Motivated by my grandfather's unrealized cinematic dreams, I decided to reconstruct a film that he had already made involuntarily." Lance Oppenheim
21 Years: Richard Linklater 
21 Years: Richard Linklater 07 Nov 2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
A journey through the professional life of innovative film director Richard Linklater: 21 years creating films, carving his signature in pop culture; an analysis of his style and motivations, through the funny and moving testimonies of close friends and collaborators, actors and other filmmakers.
Hitchcock Confidential 
Hitchcock Confidential 24 Jun 2019
Hitchcock Confidential
Alfred Hitchcock is known as a giant of movie making, a facetious master of suspense, obsessed with blond heroines in peril, with the reputation of being tyrannical towards his actors. But who knows the real Hitchcock? During his last public appearance, "Hitch" paid tribute to the wife, mother, co-writer, editor and partner of a lifetime that was Alma Reville Hitchcock. The two Hitchcock were inseparable, engineering the unquestionable masterpieces together. Their genuine collaboration never stopped from the day they met until the end of their lives. It's in light of this fusional relationship that this film will revisit and shed fresh light on the legend.
Julia's Stepping Stones 
Julia's Stepping Stones 25 Jul 2024
Julia's Stepping Stones
Oscar-winning filmmaker Julia Reichert reflects on the social, economic and personal forces that led to her career as a pioneering documentarian.
Amir Naderi by Amir Naderi Amir Naderi by Amir Naderi 23 Jul 2018
Amir Naderi by Amir Naderi
Iranian film director Amir Naderi talks to Zar Amir Ebrahimi about his career in this documentary directed and produced by Ebrahimi and broadcast by BBC World Service and BBC Persian. Amir Naderi is one of the most influential figures of Iranian modern cinema. He was born in 1945 in the Persian Gulf port of Abadan. Orphaned at an early age and living the life of a street urchin, Naderi had to survive by selling ice, working as a shoeshine boy and recycling empty beer bottles. He developed his knowledge of cinema by watching films in the theaters where he worked at a very young age. He began his career by taking pictures for some notable Iranian features. In the 1970’s, he started directing his own films, and made some of the most important movies of the New Iranian Cinema. After moving to New York in the early 90’s, Amir Naderi continued to make films. They have premiered at the Venice, Cannes, Tribeca, and Sundance Film Festivals.
Altman 
Altman 01 Aug 2014
Altman
Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, not merely on the evolution of his art form, but also on the western zeitgeist. With its use of rare interviews, representative film clips, archival images, and musings from his family and most recognizable collaborators, Altman is a dynamic and heartfelt mediation on an artist whose expression, passion and appetite knew few bounds.
Enrique Herreros 
Enrique Herreros 10 Jun 2011
Enrique Herreros
The story of Enrique Herreros (1903-1977), cartoonist, advertiser, poster designer, talent manager, actor, producer and filmmaker, and the most daring of mountaineers; the man who, along with his companions from the so-called “other Generation of '27,” brought Hollywood to Madrid's Gran Vía, turning a grey and sinister post-war city into the capital of an incipient and ambitious cultural industry.
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained 
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained 15 Nov 2021
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
A tribute to Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci (1926-90), presented by American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
Martin Ťapák 
Martin Ťapák 01 Jan 2017
Martin Ťapák
No overview found
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club 
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club 06 Oct 2023
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
This intimate documentary explores a bygone era of cinematic passion and the emergence of young film enthusiasts in South Korea, including Bong Joon Ho.
My Best Fiend 
My Best Fiend 17 May 1999
My Best Fiend
A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
Interviews with Abdelkrim Baba Aïssa 
Interviews with Abdelkrim Baba Aïssa 01 Feb 2024
Interviews with Abdelkrim Baba Aïssa
In 2024, Abdelkrim Baba Aissa, aged 75, engages in a series of filmed interviews with Algerian journalist Thoria Smati. They address the chronology of the rich and committed career of this self-taught Algerian actor, director, producer and screenwriter, who made his debut on Algerian television as an assistant director then at ONCIC as a director in the years 70.
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder 
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder 28 Oct 2017
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
A funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait of a filmmaker who never was a boring man, a superb mind who had ten commandments, of which the first nine were: “Thou shalt not bore.”
My Kieslowski 
My Kieslowski 25 Oct 2006
My Kieslowski
No overview found