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A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.

The wild West Berlin of the 1980s became the creative melting pot of pop subcultures: music, art and chaos. Before the Iron Curtain fell, anything and everything seemed possible.

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.

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.

ในปี 1974 ผู้กำกับชิลี-ฝรั่งเศส อเลฮานโดร โฮโดโรว์สกี ได้เริ่มโครงการที่เต็มไปด้วยอุดมคติในการดัดแปลงนวนิยายที่มีอิทธิพลของแฟรงค์ เฮอร์เบิร์ต เรื่อง Dune (1969) สำหรับโรงภาพยนตร์ หลังจากใช้เวลาสองปีและเงินหลายล้านดอลลาร์ โครงการขนาดใหญ่ดังกล่าวจบลงด้วยความล้มเหลว แต่ศิลปินที่โฮโดโรว์สกีนำมาร่วมงานนั้นยังคงทำงานกันต่อและท้ายที่สุดได้วางรากฐานสำหรับโรงภาพยนตร์วิทยาศาสตร์สมัยใหม่.

Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.

Before computer graphics, special effects wizardry, and out-of-this world technology, the magic of animation flowed from the pencils of two of the greatest animators The Walt Disney Company ever produced -- Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Frank and Ollie, the talent behind BAMBI, PINOCCHIO, LADY AND THE TRAMP, THE JUNGLE BOOK, and others, set the standard for such modern-day hits as THE LION KING. It was their creative genius that helped make Disney synonymous with brilliant animation, magnificent music, and emotional storytelling. Take a journey with these extraordinary artists as they share secrets, insights, and the inspiration behind some of the greatest animated movies the world has ever known!

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.

The most comprehensive retrospective of the '80s action film genre ever made.