Documentary
John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter – each was nominated for Best Picture. Yet today most people don't even know his name. I KNEW IT WAS YOU is a fresh tour through movies that defined a generation.
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James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
Vivement Truffaut
Raphael: The Lord of the Arts
1970
The Opera Game
Night and Fog
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
Lost and Found
Chinesische Städte
Unbekanntes China
Kaiserbauten in Fernost
Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
Twenty Years After
Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
Hock Hiap Leong
The Green Girl
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
Vowellet - An Essay by Sarah Vowell
Walking with Pasolini
The Human Eye
SIMILAR MOVIES
James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1988
From the series "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers", this playful documentary introduces James Joyce's most famous work "Ulysses". It includes fantastic adaptations to film from passages of the novel. It also includes excerpts from a book written by Joyce's friend, the artist Frank Budgen, entitled "James Joyce and the making of Ulysses". Amongst those interviewed is author Anthony Burgess.Vivement Truffaut
IMDB 6 | Jul , 1985
A tribute to the late, great French director Francois Truffaut, this documentary was undoubtedly named after his last movie, Vivement Dimanche!, released in 1983. Included in this overview of Truffaut's contribution to filmmaking are clips from 14 of his movies arranged according to the themes he favored. These include childhood, literature, the cinema itself, romance, marriage, and death.Raphael: The Lord of the Arts
IMDB 7.7 | Apr , 2017
Raphael: The Lord of the Arts is a documentary about the 15th century Italian Renaissance painter Raphael Sanzio.1970
IMDB 7.7 | Dec , 2021
Poland, 1970. When popular protests erupt in the streets due to rising prices, the communist government organizes a crisis team. Soon after, the police use their truncheons and then their firearms. The story of a rebellion from the point of view of the oppressors.The Opera Game
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2019
The tortured life of Paul Morphy (1850s New Orleans chess prodigy) is examined.Night and Fog
IMDB 8.2 | Apr , 1959
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 1895
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as the first real motion picture ever made, although Louis Le Prince's 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene pre-dated it by seven years. Three separate versions of this film exist, which differ from one another in numerous ways. The first version features a carriage drawn by one horse, while in the second version the carriage is drawn by two horses, and there is no carriage at all in the third version. The clothing style is also different between the three versions, demonstrating the different seasons in which each was filmed. This film was made in the 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and at a speed of 16 frames per second. At that rate, the 17 meters of film length provided a duration of 46 seconds, holding a total of 800 frames.Lost and Found
IMDB 8 | Sep , 2019
Lost and Found provides an in-depth focus into the Myanmar military’s campaign of ethnic cleansing and violence perpetrated against the Rohingya, and one man’s life mission to reunite separated Rohingya children with their parents.Chinesische Städte
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1935
The short documentary presents the difference between North and South China and also presents footage from several Chinese cities.Unbekanntes China
IMDB 0 | Aug , 1937
Aerial photographs and cityscapes by aviation pioneer Wulf-Dieter Graf zu Castell, who lived in China between 1933 and 1936 and was tasked with setting up an air traffic network for Eurasia.Kaiserbauten in Fernost
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1938
Documentation of a journey along the Great Wall of China to the Ku-Pei-Kuo pass fortress.Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
IMDB 6 | Jun , 2022
The life and work of New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat have been marked by a long quest for identity, by his Haitian and Puerto Rican family origins and by a founding trip to Africa. To portray this major painter of the 20th century, who died in 1988 at only 27 years old, is also to evoke the place of black American artists in the conservative and racist America of the Reagan years.Twenty Years After
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1944
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 2019
Overcoming the seemingly insurmountable odds that life threw his way, Liston became heavyweight champion of the world when he knocked out Floyd Patterson in 1962. Eight years later, he died but friends questioned the cause of his death.Hock Hiap Leong
IMDB 5.3 | Apr , 2001
Hock Hiap Leong pays tribute to this a 55-year old coffee shop on Armenian Street that has been an incessant inspiration to many people. The urban re-development board’s demolishing plans in 2001 inspired the filmmaker to capture this epitaph of history.The Green Girl
IMDB 6 | Jul , 2014
A feature-length documentary about Star Trek's iconic original Green Girl, Susan Oliver: Prolific actress of the '50s - '80s, original member of the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women, record-setting female aviator; Tragically taken by cancer in 1990. With over 120 major acting credits in film and television, Susan Oliver was literally a household name in the 1960's. She set a number of world records as a pilot and was one of the only women directing major TV shows in the 1980's. And yet many people don't even remember her name today. It's time to remember Susan Oliver...The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
IMDB 5.2 | Mar , 2002
"The Television Years" examines the events that took place in the years between 1956 and 1960, in which Elvis Presley excited a whole nation as the "King of Rock and Roll" in the big television shows of the time. One highlight of this time periode was Elvis' 1960 combeback hosted by Frank Sinatra, which marked his first appearance on televison after his two-year stay in the army.Vowellet - An Essay by Sarah Vowell
IMDB 2 | Mar , 2005
This Pixar documentary short follows Sarah Vowell, who plays herself as the title character, on why she is a superhero in her own way. (This short piece is included on the 2-Disc DVD for "The Incredibles", which was released in 2005.Walking with Pasolini
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2008
A documentary about Pier Paolo Pasolini and his film 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.The Human Eye
IMDB 4 | Jan , 1999
A 55-minute film by director Xavier Giannoli that analyses 'À nos amours'. The film features former Cahiers du cinéma editorial director Jean-Michel Frodon, actors Jacques Fieschi and Sandrine Bonnaire, and other members of the cast