"'You believe in God, I believe in mystery'"
Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such groundbreaking works as Un Chien Andalou, Exterminating Angels, and That Obscure Object of Desire, yet his personal life was clouded in myth and paradox. Though sexually diffident, he frequently worked in the erotic drama genre; though personally quite conservative, his films are florid, flamboyant, and utterly bizarre.
Luis Buñuel
Self (archive footage)
José Sancho
Luis Buñuel / Narrator (voice)
Silvia Pinal
Self
Ángela Molina
Self
Francisco Rabal
Self
Carlos Saura
Self
Michel Piccoli
Self
Jean-Claude Carrière
Self
Arturo Ripstein
Self
Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such groundbreaking works as Un Chien Andalou, Exterminating Angels, and That Obscure Object of Desire, yet his personal life was clouded in myth and paradox. Though sexually diffident, he frequently worked in the erotic drama genre; though personally quite conservative, his films are florid, flamboyant, and utterly bizarre.
ในปี 1974 ผู้กำกับชิลี-ฝรั่งเศส อเลฮานโดร โฮโดโรว์สกี ได้เริ่มโครงการที่เต็มไปด้วยอุดมคติในการดัดแปลงนวนิยายที่มีอิทธิพลของแฟรงค์ เฮอร์เบิร์ต เรื่อง Dune (1969) สำหรับโรงภาพยนตร์ หลังจากใช้เวลาสองปีและเงินหลายล้านดอลลาร์ โครงการขนาดใหญ่ดังกล่าวจบลงด้วยความล้มเหลว แต่ศิลปินที่โฮโดโรว์สกีนำมาร่วมงานนั้นยังคงทำงานกันต่อและท้ายที่สุดได้วางรากฐานสำหรับโรงภาพยนตร์วิทยาศาสตร์สมัยใหม่.
An intimate conversation between filmmakers, chronicling De Palma’s 55-year career, his life, and his filmmaking process, with revealing anecdotes and, of course, a wealth of film clips.
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.
สารคดีเอชบีโอใหม่นี้ตรวจสอบผลงานภาพยนตร์ของสตีเวน สปีลเบิร์ก เผยให้เห็นว่าประสบการณ์ของเขาเป็นผลงานของเขาและเปลี่ยนแปลงตลอดเวลา
A poetic journey into the visual world of the legendary filmmaker and actor Orson Welles (1915-85) that reveals a new portrait of a unique genius, both of his life and of his monumental work: through his own eyes, drawn by his own hand, painted with his own brush.
This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment.
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.