Documentary
When David Lynch was making his film Blue Velvet, German filmmaker Peter Braatz was also on set, shooting documentary footage with a Super 8 film camera. Now, on Blue Velvet's 30th anniversary, Braatz presents his footage, along with still photographs, as a "meditation" on Lynch's work.
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Billy Yeager The Ineffable Enigma
The Man Who Makes the Difference
Larisa
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
Mi adorado Monster
Director Z, el vendedor de ilusiones
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
The Longing of Michael Dudok de Wit
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Mystery Train: Hitchcock and The Lady Vanishes
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Full Tilt Boogie
IMDB 6.5 | Jul , 1998
A documentary about the production of From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and the people who made it.A Fuller Life
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 2013
Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only child, Samantha.Another Romance of Celluloid
IMDB 5 | Feb , 1938
This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and features behind-the-scenes glimpses of current MGM productions.Billy Yeager The Ineffable Enigma
IMDB 10 | Jul , 2016
Billy Yeager is a musician, singer-songwriter, filmmaker, activist, humanitarian and an all around living breathing performance artist. He has written and recorded over 2600 songs, produced 6 films and been discovered many times by several well known artists, yet most of his works are extremely hard to find and are considered to be very valuable by serious collectors, but if it can't change the world, the artist wants no part of it. Turning his back on the music and film industries, Yeager retreats into the desert to make his films and create his music.The Man Who Makes the Difference
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1968
Promotional documentary for the MGM film "Ice Station Zebra" focusing on the career and cinematographic innovations of cameraman John Stephens.Larisa
IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 1980
Elem Klimov's documentary ode to his wife, director Larisa Shepitko, who was killed in an auto wreck.George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
IMDB 6.7 | Aug , 2001
This short documentary takes a look at director George Stevens' making of the classic 1951 film A Place in the Sun.Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
IMDB 7.3 | Feb , 2016
Animator. Storyman. Troublemaker. At 80 years old, see how Disney Legend Floyd Norman, the first African-American animator at Disney, continues to impact animation and stir up "trouble" after the company forced him to retire at age 65.Mi adorado Monster
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2021
With humor, prolific director Víctor Matellano tells the story of one of the most iconic and problematic cult films of Spain's "fantaterror": Los resucitados by Arturo de Bobadilla. A story of ambition, frustration and the everlasting will of the most passionate cinephiles.Director Z, el vendedor de ilusiones
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2018
A documentary film about cult director José María Zabalza. How he made pictures with very little money and was granted little recognition.CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 2018
An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel.The Longing of Michael Dudok de Wit
IMDB 8 | Jul , 2016
Michael Dudok de Wit was asked by the famous Japanese animation studio Ghibli, to create his first feature length animated film. This would be Ghibli's first international co-production ever. Maarten Schmidt and Thomas Doebele followed Dudok de Wit and his team during the complex creative process for over two years. He is a perfectionist that is used to making his own hand drawn animated films by himself. For this new and timely production, he was assisted by a team of 20 to 30 artists from all over Europe.Absentia: A Retrospective
IMDB 7 | Jul , 2014
Documentary film on the making of Mike Flanagan's Absentia. Interviews with cast and crew and behind-the-scenes.Mystery Train: Hitchcock and The Lady Vanishes
IMDB 6 | Nov , 2007
This video essay, featuring film scholar Leonard Leff, addresses the 1938 Alfred Hitchcock film The Lady Vanishes' British context and political underpinnings and the details and techniques that undeniably make it a 'Hitchcock picture.'His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
IMDB 7 | Apr , 2010
A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.The Dinosaur and the Baby
IMDB 6 | Mar , 1967
An hour-long discussion between Fritz Lang and Jean-Luc Godard in which they discuss a variety of art forms, the role of the cinema, their collaboration together, and much more. (Filmed in 1964 but released for TV in 1967.)This Film Is Not Yet Rated
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 2006
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.American Movie
IMDB 7.6 | Nov , 1999
American Movie is the story of filmmaker Mark Borchardt, his mission, and his dream. Spanning over two years of intense struggle with his film, his family, financial decline, and spiritual crisis, American Movie is a portrayal of ambition, obsession, excess, and one man's quest for the American Dream.That Guy Dick Miller
IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 2014
Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featuring a diverse range of interviews with directors, co-stars, and contemporaries.Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
IMDB 6.6 | Apr , 2007
In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's performances and films punctuate interviews with artists, critics, friends and foes to create an engaging portrait of the artist. Widely known for his banned queer erotica film Flaming Creatures, Smith was an innovator and firebrand who influenced artists such as Andy Warhol and John Waters.