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What Is Cinema?

Plot: 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.
Release Date: Friday, September 6 2013
11 years ago
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Portrait of Chantal AkermanChantal AkermanChantal Akerman was 63 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Tue, Jun 06 1950 –
Mon, Oct 05 2015
Portrait of Robert AltmanRobert AltmanRobert Altman would have been no older than 81 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Fri, Feb 20 1925 –
Mon, Nov 20 2006
Portrait of David LynchDavid LynchDavid Lynch was 67 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Sun, Jan 20 1946 –
Wed, Jan 15 2025
Portrait of Costa-GavrasCosta-GavrasCosta-Gavras was 80 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Sun, Feb 12 1933
Portrait of Robert BressonRobert BressonRobert Bresson would have been no older than 98 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Wed, Sep 25 1901 –
Sat, Dec 18 1999
Portrait of Rob EpsteinRob EpsteinRob Epstein was 58 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Wed, Apr 06 1955
Portrait of Abbas KiarostamiAbbas KiarostamiAbbas Kiarostami was 73 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Sat, Jun 22 1940 –
Mon, Jul 04 2016
Portrait of Mike LeighMike LeighMike Leigh was 70 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Sat, Feb 20 1943
Portrait of Jonas MekasJonas MekasJonas Mekas was 90 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Sun, Dec 24 1922 –
Wed, Jan 23 2019
Portrait of Michael MooreMichael MooreMichael Moore was 59 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Fri, Apr 23 1954
Portrait of Yvonne RainerYvonne RainerYvonne Rainer was 78 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Sat, Nov 24 1934
Portrait of Kelly ReichardtKelly ReichardtKelly Reichardt was 49 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Tue, Mar 03 1964
Portrait of Ken JacobsKen JacobsKen Jacobs was 80 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Thu, May 25 1933
Portrait of Bill ViolaBill ViolaBill Viola was 62 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Thu, Jan 25 1951
Portrait of Michael WinterbottomMichael WinterbottomMichael Winterbottom was 52 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Wed, Mar 29 1961
Portrait of Akira KurosawaAkira KurosawaAkira Kurosawa would have been no older than 88 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Wed, Mar 23 1910 –
Sun, Sep 06 1998
Portrait of James FrancoJames FrancoJames Franco was 35 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Wed, Apr 19 1978
Portrait of Alfred HitchcockAlfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock would have been no older than 80 in What Is Cinema? as 'Self'.
Birthday: Sun, Aug 13 1899 –
Tue, Apr 29 1980

Crew

Portrait of Chuck WorkmanChuck WorkmanChuck Workman was >> in What Is Cinema? as 'Director, Writer, Editor'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Charles S. CohenCharles S. CohenCharles S. Cohen was >> in What Is Cinema? as 'Producer'
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Portrait of Tom EfingerTom EfingerTom Efinger was >> in What Is Cinema? as 'Sound Editor'
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Portrait of Kate BilinskiKate BilinskiKate Bilinski was >> in What Is Cinema? as 'Sound Editor'
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Portrait of Peter MillerPeter MillerPeter Miller was >> in What Is Cinema? as 'Sound Recordist'
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