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What Is Cinema? (2013)

2013-09-06 · 1h 20m · EN
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Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.

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Chantal AkermanChantal AkermanSelfRobert AltmanRobert AltmanSelfDavid LynchDavid LynchSelfCosta-GavrasCosta-GavrasSelfRobert BressonRobert BressonSelfRob EpsteinRob EpsteinSelfAbbas KiarostamiAbbas KiarostamiSelfMike LeighMike LeighSelfJonas MekasJonas MekasSelfMichael MooreMichael MooreSelfYvonne RainerYvonne RainerSelfKelly ReichardtKelly ReichardtSelf

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Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.

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