Documentary

“Take all of the responsibility, because you’re going to get all of the blame”

Of his directorial debut, acclaimed director David Fincher summarised to The Digital Bits: “Alien 3 was flawed from its inception…

10 years ago

Rare Uncut Version of ‘The Peter Sellers Story: As He Filmed It’

For the avid Peter Sellers fan, this is the jackpot—the pot o’ gold at the end of the rainbow. Here’s…

10 years ago

Robert Bresson’s Notes on Cinematography

A small, powerful book of significant thoughts on filmmaking: Robert Bresson's Notes on the Cinematograph (NOTE: Out-of-print; available November 8, 2016). “Bresson…

10 years ago

‘Dreams’: A Selection of Film Episodes Designed to be Viewed in One Sitting By Akira Kurosawa

Here's another document of exceptional historical value: Akira Kurosawa’s screenplay for Dreams [pdf]. (NOTE: As always; for educational purposes only).…

10 years ago

David Lynch: The Unified Field

In 1967 as an advanced painting student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia (PAFA), David Lynch…

10 years ago

Rian Johnson Talks with Terry Gilliam

Rian Johnson, the writer-director of Brick and Looper, talks with Terry Gilliam on the occasion of the U.S. theatrical release…

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“It was a genius director and it was a genius actress and a genius script… It was a blessing”

It all began as a thesis film for UCLA film student Colin Higgins who first developed the idea for Harold…

10 years ago

Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro (1992)

A marvelous documentary about legendary cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, one of history's ten most influential cinematographers (Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor,…

10 years ago

Cinéma cinémas (1982-1991)

Cinéma cinémas is a brilliant cinema magazine broadcast on Antenne 2 from January 1982 to November 1991, produced by the…

10 years ago

All the essential documentaries on Stanley Kubrick

All the essential documentaries on Stanley Kubrick, including Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001), Stanley Kubrick's Boxes (2008), A…

10 years ago