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Hollywood (1980)
Directed by Kevin Brownlow
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors James Mason
The series consists of thirteen fifty-minute episodes, with each episode dealing with a specific aspect of Hollywood history. The actor James Mason, an enthusiast of the period, supplied the narration; a lilting score was contributed by Carl Davis.
The Century of the Self (2002)
, 4hDirected by Adam Curtis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about families, Documentary films about business, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Adam Curtis
, 1h39Origin Bresil
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Carlos Saldanha, Alê Abreu, Paulo José
The film makes an overview of animation in Brazil, since the first animation created in 1917, called The Kaiser, until the success of the animation film series Ice age and Rio, directed by Carlos Saldanha. Besides him, other big names were also heard, like Maurício de Souza, Otto Guerra and Chico Liberato, who report their experiences on the market and give a current panorama of Brazilian production.
Back to Babylon (2002)
, 52minutesDirected by Abbas Fahdel
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Autobiographical documentary films
Actors Abbas Fahdel
Back in his home town of Babylon after a long exile, the Iraqi-born director Abbas Fahdel asks himself: "What has become of my friends? What has life here made of them? What would life here have made of me had I not decided to follow the course of destiny elsewhere?" In his search and inquiries, his encounters with the friends of his youth, it is the situation today in Iraq that is revealed through the camera's eye: the ravages of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship, the after-effects of the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and the embargo imposed by the United Nations.
, 3h45Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Martin Scorsese, Kathryn Bigelow, Frank Capra, John Cassavetes, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma
Martin Scorsese, célèbre réalisateur américain, énumère les films américains qui l'ont marqué et qui ont influencé son œuvre. Son voyage à travers le cinéma commence au début du siècle pour se terminer en 1969, date de son premier film : Who's That Knocking at My Door.
, 4hDirected by Daniel Farrands
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Horror
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Serial killer films, Documentary films about films
Actors Heather Langenkamp, Wes Craven, Robert Englund, Robert Shaye, Lisa Wilcox, John Saxon
Depuis des décennies, Freddy Krueger s'est frayé un chemin à travers les rêves d'innombrables jeunes, effrayant plus d'un demi-milliard de dollars au box-office à travers huit films terrifiants et spectaculaires.
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003)
Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about television, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Beah Richards, Bill Cobbs, Ossie Davis, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Ruby Dee, Lynn Hamilton
, 2h4Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Christopher Plummer, George Cukor, Arthur E. Arling, Tallulah Bankhead, Susan Hayward, Margaret Tallichet
, 15h15Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Alexandre Sokourov, Norman Lloyd, Lars von Trier, Paul Schrader, Kyōko Kagawa, Haskell Wexler
L'histoire du cinéma international racontée à travers l'histoire de l'innovation cinématographique. Couvrant six continents et douze décennies, il montre comment les cinéastes sont influencés par les événements historiques de leur époque et par les autres cinéastes.
, 2h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about computing, Documentary films about business, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about technology
Actors Steve Jobs
Le documentaire raconte le développement de l’ordinateur personnel aux États-Unis depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale jusqu’en 1995. Le titre original "Triumph of the Nerds" est une référence à la comédie "Revenge of the Nerds" et au film de propagande allemand "The Triumph of the Will" (Le Triomphe de la volonté). Le film est écrit et présenté par Robert X. Cringely sur la base de son livre "Bâtisseurs d'empires par accident". Il comprend plusieurs interviews de personnalités importantes qui ont contribué au développement de l’ordinateur personnel aux États-Unis, comme Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, Paul Allen, Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld, Ed Roberts ou Larry Ellison.
Remembering Arthur (2006)
, 1h30Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
, 2h30Directed by Kevin Burns
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Films about extraterrestrial life, Documentary films about films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Robert Clotworthy, Kenny Baker, Ben Burtt, Walter Cronkite, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg
L'Empire des Rêves relate l'épopée que fût la création de la première trilogie Star Wars. Des tous premières ébauches de scénario dans l'esprit de son créateur George Lucas jusqu'au succès qu'on connaît à la saga, ce documentaire nous entraine dans les coulisses d'un tournage tantôt chaotique, tantôt enivrant, racontés par les acteurs, les membres de la production, et George Lucas lui-même.
The Man on Lincoln's Nose (2000)
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors Robert F. Boyle, Lloyd Henry Bumstead, Norman Jewison, Harold Michelson, Walter Mirisch
Beyond Citizen Kane (1993)
, 1h45Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
The documentary tracks Globo's involvement with and support of the military dictatorship; its illegal partnership of the 1960s with the American group Time Warner (at the time Time-Life); Marinho's political manoeuvrings (which included airing on Jornal Nacional, the network's prime time news program, highlights of a 1989 presidential debate edited in a way as to favour Fernando Collor de Mello); and a controversial deal involving shares of NEC Corporation and government contracts. It features interviews with 21 people, including noted Brazilian politicians and cultural figures, such as politicians Leonel Brizola and Antonio Carlos Magalhães, singer-songwriter Chico Buarque, former Justice Minister Armando Falcão, politician Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who later was elected as president; and former employees Walter Clark and Armando Nogueira.
Inside Job (2010)
, 1h48Directed by Charles H. Ferguson
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Crime
Themes La mondialisation, Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Documentaire sur le monde du travail, Political films
Actors Matt Damon
The documentary is split into five parts. It begins by examining how Iceland was highly deregulated in 2000 and the privatization of its banks. When Lehman Brothers went bankrupt and AIG collapsed, Iceland and the rest of the world went into a global recession.