Since the 1980s, the video shop has been a desperately necessary space for film culture. In Videoheaven, Alex Ross Perry tells the story of the neighbourhood video shop to consider wider, changing social histories, using appropriated footage from the high and lowbrow.
Maya Hawke
Narrator (voice)
Since the 1980s, the video shop has been a desperately necessary space for film culture. In Videoheaven, Alex Ross Perry tells the story of the neighbourhood video shop to consider wider, changing social histories, using appropriated footage from the high and lowbrow.
The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, sociological and artistic changes that shaped that history. Skin will also study the gender inequality in presenting nude images in motion pictures and will follow the revolution that has created nude gender equality in feature films today.
A documentary on the last remaining Blockbuster Video in Bend, Oregon.
Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs, the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose from humble beginnings in New York City to become a glamorous international superstar and one of the greatest artists of all time.
Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveillance, and Buddhist teachings.
Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This film traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of society that were altered by the creation of videotape.
สารคดีที่ได้รับอนุญาตนี้ เฉลิมฉลองภาพยนตร์ที่สร้างนิยามใหม่ให้กับฮอลลีวูด 50 ปีหลังจากรอบปฐมทัศน์ นำเสนอฟุตเทจหายากจากคลังเก็บถาวรและบทสัมภาษณ์ผู้กำกับฮอลลีวูดชื่อดัง ร่วมกับสตีเวน สปีลเบิร์ก นักวิทยาศาสตร์ด้านฉลามชั้นนำ และนักอนุรักษ์ ภาพยนตร์เรื่องนี้เปิดเผยเบื้องหลังความวุ่นวาย และวิธีที่ภาพยนตร์เรื่องนี้เปิดตัวภาพยนตร์ฟอร์มยักษ์ช่วงซัมเมอร์ สร้างแรงบันดาลใจให้กับผู้สร้างภาพยนตร์รุ่นใหม่ และปูทางไปสู่การอนุรักษ์ฉลามที่ยังคงดำเนินมาจนถึงปัจจุบัน
A documentary that explores the downloading revolution; the kids that created it, the bands and the businesses that were affected by it, and its impact on the world at large.
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.
Iverson is the ultimate legacy of NBA legend Allen Iverson, who rose from a childhood of crushing poverty in Hampton, Virginia, to become an 11-time NBA All-Star and universally recognized icon of his sport. Off the court, his audacious rejection of conservative NBA convention and unapologetic embrace of hip hop culture sent shockwaves throughout the league and influenced an entire generation. Told largely in Iverson's own words, the film charts the career highs and lows of one of the most distinctive and accomplished figures the sport of basketball has ever seen.
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.