BBC television program exploring Visconti’s mastery of cinema, theater, and opera direction.
Self - Interviewee
21 Mar 1989
Made during the last months of actor Kurt Raab, who died of AIDS in 1988. Raab, who had worked in both theatre and film, most notably with Fassbinder, was in the process of making a series of video sketches for a new production when he learned that he had AIDS. Despite his deteriorating health, and with the caring support of his friend Hans Hirshmuller, he carried on working. This tape is his last testimony.
26 Mar 2023
The making of the next Aaron Aaron Byrne Movie takes a turn for the worst.
03 Jan 2008
The evolution of the zombie from its roots in Haitian voodoo to its coveted role as the world's most popular monster: from being a clumsy corpse to becoming a cannibal killer and the main agent of every infectious pandemic, the zombie has come a long way in seventy years. A look at the rising tide of zombie culture examining why something so dead has so much life in viewers' nightmares and at the box office.
29 Oct 1995
Elizabeth Hurley hosts a one hour documentary on the history of the James Bond film series to tie in with the seventeenth Bond film, GoldenEye.
04 May 2010
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.
09 Mar 2003
The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American cinema, an exalted celebration of creativity and experimentation; but also of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: a turbulent and dark tale of ambition, envy, betrayal, hatred and self-destruction.
12 Dec 2014
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
18 Mar 2020
French actors Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Aïssa Maïga, Sonia Rolland, Deborah Lukumuena, Marie-France Malonga, Gary Dourdan and others speak up on the reality of black actors in the French movie industry.
01 Jan 2006
An overview of the making of Terrence Malick's The New World (2005).
01 May 1993
Made up almost entirely of archival interviews with Italian film director Roberto Rossellini (with audio interviews playing over various behind-the-scene bits and archival footage) the director recalls his early life, how he got into film, his political beliefs and how they were formed.
01 Oct 2012
Documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on the set of Abbas Kiarostomi's 2012 film "Like Someone in Love" with narration by the director.
05 Feb 2008
Documentary about the making of the 1982 film, featuring interviews with the cast and crew.
06 May 1984
Interview with director Louis Malle conducted by Wallace Shawn, produced for the BBC-TV programme "Arena".
01 Jan 1969
An interview with film director Josef von Sternberg, produced for Belgium television.
31 Jan 1969
Documentary about the making of Maurice Pialat's 1969 film "L'Enfance nue" (Naked Childhood).
07 Jul 2005
An analysis of French director Jacques Tati's 1957 film "Mon oncle" which discusses the stylistic similarities between it and the other Monsieur Hulot films.
08 May 1966
Interview with Jacques Tati on the set of his 1967 film "PlayTime". Produced for the British television program "Tempo International".
13 May 2018
Documentary about the making of Louis Malle's 1963 film "The Fire Within".
01 Jan 2000
Documentary about the 1942 British film "In Which We Serve" directed by David Lean and Noël Coward.
20 Feb 1967
An interview with American director, Anthony Mann. This documentary was first seen as episode 8 of the BBC TV series "The Movies." (A 17-minute excerpt from this show appears on the Criterion Collection's release of "The Furies.")