What Is Cinema?
6.4
25 votes
2013
1h 20m
Documentary
Overview
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.
Directed by Chuck Workman
Top cast
Chantal Akerman
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Robert Altman
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David Lynch
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Costa-Gavras
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Robert Bresson
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Rob Epstein
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Abbas Kiarostami
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Mike Leigh
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Jonas Mekas
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Michael Moore
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Yvonne Rainer
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Kelly Reichardt
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Ken Jacobs
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Bill Viola
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Michael Winterbottom
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Akira Kurosawa
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James Franco
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Alfred Hitchcock
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Status
Released
Release date
September 6, 2013
Budget
—
Revenue
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Language
French, English
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