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

Crew

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