'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War 2020

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Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.

2020

Making 'The Irishman'

Making 'The Irishman' 2020

7.20

Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino going behind the scenes of their universally acclaimed movie.

2020

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' 2015

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Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during the filming of "Moonrise Kingdom".

2015

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies 2020

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Time Travelers, a new documentary by Daniel Raim featuring interviews with John Bengtson and film historian Marc Wanamaker, reveals newly discovered connections between Buster Keaton’s MGM debut and the earliest films of his career.

2020

Vitellonismo

Vitellonismo 2004

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A look at the making of Federico Fellini's "I Vitelloni".

2004

Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'

Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd' 2019

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In this interview, shot by the Criterion Collection in 2018, Ron Briley, author of 'The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan: The Politics of the Post-HUAC Films', discusses the origins of the Lonesome Rhodes character in the biographies of populist celebrities such as Will Rogers and Arthur Godfrey. He also addresses the political implications of 'A Face in the Crowd' (1957) within the context of Kazan's career.

2019

Weimar on the Pacific

Weimar on the Pacific 2018

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In this documentary, film scholars Gerd Germünden and Noah Isenberg discuss the artistic origins of Marlene Dietrich in the cabarets of Weimar Germany and her relationship to her native country during and after World War II.

2018

Functions of Film Sound

Functions of Film Sound 2013

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This visual essay sets clips from Robert Bresson's "A Man Escaped" to a reading of "Functions of Film Sound," a chapter from David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's book "Film Art." The chapter analyzes the sound design of Bresson's masterpiece as a means of discussing the use of sound in film.

2013

Living 'Lord of the Flies'

Living 'Lord of the Flies' 2013

1

Actor Tom Gaman (Simon) narrates some 8mm movies shot during the film's three-month production and shares memories of working on the movie during his summer vacation.

2013

Fellini's Homecoming

Fellini's Homecoming 2006

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A documentary created by the Criterion Collection for their release of Italian film director Federico Fellini's Amarcord about his relationship with his home town, Rimini, featuring archive interviews with the director and more recent interviews with some of his friends and collaborators.

2006

A Physical History of 'M'

A Physical History of 'M' 2015

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This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and original distribution to the digital restoration used as the basis for this edition. It includes a look at the French-language version of M but was produced before the discovery of the English-language version.

2015

Undressing a Legacy

Undressing a Legacy 2021

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In this interview, conducted in spring 2021, scholar Nick Rees-Roberts traces the influence of La Piscine on the worlds of film and fashion in the half century since its release.

2021

Miranda July: Where it Began

Miranda July: Where it Began 2020

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In this documentary, produced in 2019, director Miranda July and filmmaker Lena Dunham explore July’s beginnings, including her early work as a performer, the creation of her Joanie 4 Jackie project, and the development and production of her first feature film, ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW.

2020

CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution

CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution 2009

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CHE was the first feature to use the Red camera, which Soderbergh embraced for its versatility and image quality. This short 2009 documentary looks at the evolution of the camera during the film’s production and at the many ways it has enhanced and altered the process of modern digital filmmaking.

2009