The first major retrospective of Greenfield's work, the exhibition features nearly 200 photographs, numerous first - person interviews, and
documentary film footage, forming a thematic investigation of how the pursuit of wealth, and its material trappings and elusive promises of happiness, has evolved since the late 1990s.
More than 100 pieces of the artist's work are featured, including paintings, sculptures, installations, and
documentary film footage.
Not exact matches
This one will be hard to stomach if you actually watch it, but as one of the first ever «found -
footage» horror movies, about a fictional
documentary crew shooting a
film in the Amazon, it has been hugely influential.
An impressive «found
footage» horror
film that looks at a
documentary crew
filming a woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease and finding a lot more.
Back in Los Angeles last month, Curry is shown
footage of his morning workout, which was
filmed for a
documentary being produced on his work with Stephene.
The entire journey was also
filmed on video, and the
footage will soon be used to make a
documentary.
The «Going the Distance» TV campaign launches 1 February and will combine non-scripted
documentary footage filmed throughout the month of January.
There's an audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin experts Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran; the
documentary The Tramp and the Dictator, which parallels the lives between Chaplin and Hitler; two visual essays; color production
footage; the barbershop sequence from Sydney Chaplin's 1921
film King, Queen, Joker; the deleted barbershop sequence from Chaplin's 1919
film Sunnyside; the re-release trailer; and finally, a 30 page - booklet featuring an essay by
film critic Michael Wood, Chaplin's 1940 New York Times defense of the
film, a reprint from critic Jean Narboni on the
film's final speech, and Al Hirschfeld's original press book illustrations.
The two
documentaries included as special features are nice enough in an HBO Special Presentation kind of way (and are worth watching for the skinny Hirsch
footage alone), but they're relatively lightweight and not nearly enough to satiate those for whom this
film has become an obsession.
The
film is aping the look of
documentaries, CCTV
footage, etc — none of that is shot in theatrical widescreen.
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar is a
documentary on Federico Fellini's life and work by filmmaker Damian Pettigrew, who combines vintage interview
footage of Fellini, new conversations with those who worked with him (including actors Donald Sutherland and Terence Stamp), and excerpts from Fellini's
films (some of them previously unseen outtakes) to create an insightful portrait of a remarkable creative mind.
On the negative side there's Barry Braverman's pointless
documentary «The Making of The Darjeeling Limited,» an unstructured 40 - minute slog of on - set
footage where Anderson directs, the stars of the
film wait around Indian locations, and the crew builds sets and manages local extras, all devoid of interviews or commentaries.
Šulík seems to almost switched into documentarist mode as he employs similar approaches in staging encounters with witnesses or survivors and in even special case, he even embeds a
documentary footage to break through the veil of fiction
film.
Ironically, it comes with a few moments of
documentary footage of the real - life hostages returning home — the most human and touching point in the
film.
Really interesting
documentary about director James Cameron and his crew exploring the remains of the Titanic with their adorable
filming robots, comparing the wreck to original
footage and telling the stories of the people involved in the tragic catastrophe.
This
film uses
footage from the 1976
documentary In Search of Noah's Ark, also put out by the same company, Sunn Classics.
The
documentary, which originally aired on television, is a fascinating account of not only the Watergate investigation, but the making of the
film as well, and is highlighted by its exhaustive research and bizarre archival
footage of Nixon.
Jon Amiel's
film is beautifully constructed and flawlessly integrates other techniques (
documentary footage, time lapse photography, CGI effects) into what feels like a traditional period piece.
He joined us to talk about his attraction to James J. Bulger as a character, his approach to structuring his true crime
films, and how the role of media
footage and the performative nature of some of his subjects can affect the «case» presented in his
documentaries.
The Directing Award: World Cinema
Documentary was presented to: Sandi Tan, for her
film Shirkers (Director & Screenwriter: Sandi Tan, Producers: Sandi Tan, Jessica Levin, Maya Rudolph)-- In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore's first indie road movie with her enigmatic American mentor Georges — who then vanished with all the
footage.
The extras includes the following: The Making of Battle Royale, TV Spot: Tarantino Version, Basketball Scene Rehearsals, Tokyo International Film Festival 2000, Special Edition TV Spot, Original Theatrical Trailer, Battle Royale
Documentary, Special Effects Comparison Featurette,
Filming On - Set, Behind - The - Scenes Featurette, Audition & Rehearsal
Footage, Instructional Video: Birthday Version, Battle Royale Press Conference.
Blu - ray Highlight: In addition to an excellent six - part
documentary that runs the entire gamut of production — from location shooting in Romania, to Nicolas Cage's (creepy) performance capture of the Ghost Rider, to special effects and more — the Blu - ray also includes a feature similar to Warner Bros.» Maximum Movie Mode where directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor dissect the
film (sometimes pausing it to discuss certain scenes in more detail) with the help of behind - the - scenes
footage.
Corsicato compiles
footage taken from around Schnabel's home, recent interviews conducted with family and friends, and an assortment of photographs and
film clips spanning the artist / director's life in an effort to, if one trusts this
documentary's title, provide an intimate portrait of Schnabel's psychology as it was generated from the unusual circumstances of his youth.
I mentioned this in my rave review: «One of my favorite parts of this
documentary is when the
film finally starts, instead of showing actual
footage of people watching, they switch over to these amazing photographs.
For the most part, though, this
documentary is worth watching because of the vintage
footage, and because someone thought to capture on
film almost all of the principal figures of the Black Power movement of the late «60s and early «70s.
With more than six minutes of never - before - seen
footage woven back into the
film and an additional 24 minutes of deleted scenes, alternate endings and a retrospective
documentary featuring the cast of the
film, Dumb and Dumber: Unrated is a must own for every comedy fan!
The original A Nightmare on Elm Street also gets a Blu - ray debut this week, featuring all the supplements from the earlier DVD «Infinifilm Special Edition» release (two commentary tracks, alternate endings, three
documentary featurettes), plus the Blu - ray exclusive interactive «Focus Points» mode, which allows instant access to alternate takes and behind the scenes
footage while watching the
film.
Glastonbury (15) Running time: 135 min *** Julian Temple's loving
documentary may at first appear to be aimed at the sort of music fan who prefers Glasto streamed live to their TV.But this collection of archive and commissioned
footage from 36 years of England's greatest music festival is likely to appeal more to diehard fans than non-festival-goers, since it revels in precisely the eccentricities that makes the armchair people dive for cover.Most of this
film is a structureless, rambling celebration of Glastonbury's boozy, hedonistic, liberated, political and frequently bonkers character rather than of the actual music: great if you were at the party, presumably less great if you weren't.
Blu - ray and DVD, with plenty of supplements: new interviews with Otto Preminger biographer Foster Hirsch and music critic Gary Giddins, a featurette on graphic designer Saul Bass and his long collaborative relationship with Preminger, excerpts from a 1967 episode of «Firing Line» featuring Preminger, newsreel
footage from the set, and excerpts from a work - in - progress
documentary on the making of the
film, plus stills, a trailer and booklet with a new essay and an archival article.
Every year I hope for a
documentary about a writer of impact, both artistically and politically, a
film in which stock
footage is laid under a vocal performance of the author's prose, rendered by some great and richly - timbred actor.
Home Video Notes: The Breakfast Club Release Date: 2 January 2018 Criterion releases The Breakfast Club on home video (Blu - ray) with the following extras: - Audio commentary from 2015 featuring actors Anthony Michael Hall and Judd Nelson - New interviews with actors Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy - New video essay featuring director John Hughes's production notes, read by Nelson -
Documentary from 2015 featuring interviews with cast and crew - 50 minutes of never - before - seen deleted and extended scenes - Rare promotional and archival interviews and
footage - Excerpts from a 1985 American
Film Institute seminar with Hughes 1999 radio interview with Hughes - Segment from a 1985 episode of NBC's Today show featuring the
film's cast - Audio interview with Molly Ringwald from a 2014 episode of This American Life - Trailer - PLUS: An essay by critic David Kamp
It's more of a
film essay / personal visual statement than strict
documentary, collecting Johnson's various
footage shot over several years and arranging it in a challenging, nonlinear fashion.
This
film isn't the work of a director who has an idea for a
documentary and decides to gather new
footage or mine soundbites to make what they want.
New to this edition are the 2000
documentary «Hitchcock: The Early Years,» archival interview
footage with Alfred Hitchcock from Mike Scott's 1966 television interview, excerpts from François Truffaut's 1962 audio interview with Hitchcock, a visual essay by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Leff, original production design drawings, and a booklet featuring an essay by
film critic David Cairns.
It's almost a
documentary, like he found this town,
filmed for a few weeks, and put together a bunch of
footage with some semblance of a story.
Why every
film fan should know and remember Vilmos Zsigmond, one of cinema's greatest artists... This is a found -
footage documentary exploring the work of cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond who died on the 1st January this year.
A tireless explorer of cinema's discarded past, Bill Morrison brings his unique approach to found -
footage filmmaking to his latest project, a
documentary about lost reels of nitrate
film found in Canada's Yukon Territory.
Extras include a commentary track from the 1999 DVD release, a new interview with Witherspoon, Payne's 1990 UCLA thesis short
film, and a 2016
documentary with on - set
footage, and a trailer.
Extras include an audio commentary track with director Doug Liman and editor Stephen Mirrione, a commentary with writer / actor Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, «Making it Hollywood»
documentary series, a short
film, Swingblade, deleted
footage taken from raw dailies, and a trailer.
Director and screenwriter Peter Berg sets a high standard for his own
film to meet by beginning with a lengthy sequence of what appears to be
documentary footage of Navy SEALs undergoing rigorous training.
Academy - award winning director William Friedkin discusses his early career — including making
documentaries for David L. Wolper, working for Alfred Hitchcock and what he learned from studying his
films, and directing his first movie Good Times (1967), starring Sonny and Cher; how his career path led to making The Exorcist, his initial reaction to reading the source material, the story's theme of Good versus Evil, and the role his own faith played in his approach to making the movie; the techniques he used to generate suspense and fear in the audience, his use of subliminal imagery, and his reasons for recently restoring deleted
footage to the
film.
- Digital transfer of the director's cut, supervised by director Wes Anderson (with new DTS - HD Master Audio soundtrack)- Audio commentary featuring Anderson, cowriter Owen Wilson, and actor Jason Schwartzman - The Making of Rushmore, an exclusive behind - the - scenes
documentary by Eric Chase Anderson - «Max Fischer Players Present» theatrical «adaptations» of Armageddon, Out of Sight, and The Truman Show, staged for the 1999 MTV Movie Awards - Episode of The Charlie Rose Show featuring Wes Anderson and actor Bill Murray - Audition
footage - Anderson's hand - drawn storyboards, plus a
film - to - storyboard comparison - Collectible poster, essay by
film critic Dave Kehr
Other titles in this section include: Naomi Kawase's sweet, light and leisurely AN; Tom Geens» COUPLE IN A HOLE, about a couple living in an underground forest dwelling to be left alone to deal with their mysterious grief; DEPARTURE, Andrew Steggall's delicate first feature about longing, loneliness and nostalgia for a sense of family that may have never existed; Jacques Audiard's Palme d'Or - winner about a makeshift family trying to cement their bonds, DHEEPAN; the World Premiere of Biyi Bandele's FIFTY, a riveting exploration of love and lust, power and rivalry and seduction and infidelity in Lagos; the European Premiere of Maya Newell's
documentary GAYBY BABY, following the lives of four Australian children whose parents all happen to be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay
film I AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's
documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive
footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystical.
The second disc contains a treasure trove of found gems: the original and the new re-release trailer, a featurette on Tom Waits and the
film's music, alternate versions of said music, rehearsal
footage, deleted scenes, a featurette on the «new» electronic cinema, and an all - new «making of»
documentary.
He began making short
documentaries and shot second - unit
footage for Star Wars before making his feature directorial debut with this astoundingly beautiful children's
film.
Don't miss: Extras include a making of
documentary and newsreel
footage from the
film's premiere.
, German - language
documentary in 4x3 SD with burned - in yellow English subtitles contains B - roll that provides a good impression of the
filming conditions — including the look of the sets and the relatively small size of the handheld 16 mm
film cameras — plus a clip of Burger delivering a lecture on his work in the camps and
footage showing him consulting on set during the production.
Filming began in September 1945 and this was the first Hollywood movie to present
documentary footage of the Holocaust.
There are no supplements on the DVD but the Blu - ray has a substantial collection, including the well - made 50 - minute
documentary «Michael Haneke: My Life,» which was made for German TV during the production of «The White Ribbon» and features interviews with stars of his previous
films (including Juliette Binoche and Isabelle Huppert), and the 38 - minute «Making Of The White Ribbon,» which features a wealth of revelatory
footage with Haneke rehearsing his cast (especially with the kids) and directing on the set.
«Welcome to Sherwood: The Story of The Adventures of Robin Hood» is an excellent making - of
documentary that literally covers everything, using rare
film clips from early Robin Hood versions, and fascinating outtake and 16 mm color / black & white behind - the - scenes
footage (archived separately as well, with good commentary from Behlmer).