Filmmakers in Action

Sep 15, 2006

1h 43m

★ 6.8

Overview

What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status in different countries? (Sequel to “Filmmakers vs. Tycoons.”)

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Producciones Kilimanjaro

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Cast

Marta

Marta Belmonte

Boy #1

Aitor Martínez

Boy #2

Lonan García

Boy #3

Pau Herrero

Cardinal

Gabriel Agustí

Clergyman

Mark San Juan

Girl

Vera Böhler

Volterra

Julio de Pablo

Self

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Self

Arthur Penn

Self

Bernardo Bertolucci

Self

Bertrand Tavernier

As was common in Diaz's Mexico, a young hacienda worker finds his betrothed imprisoned and his life threatened by his master for confronting a hacienda guest for raping the girl. This film is the first of several attempts to make a feature-length motion picture out of the 200,000-plus feet of film shot by Sergei Eisenstein, on photographic expedition in Mexico during 1931-32 for Upton Sinclair and a cadre of private American producer-investors. Silent with music and English intertitles.

7.8

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7.9

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

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7.2

Comrades in Dreams

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6.0

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6.8

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

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5.0

Building a Better Bond

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Teaser promotional documentary made for theaters and exhibitors, shot in 1994 during pre-production to promote the then upcoming James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).

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5.5

The Return of Bond: The Start of Production Press Event

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A short documentary about the press of GoldenEye.

5.7

The Somme

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7.0

The Omen Legacy

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8.0

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5.5

The Sound of Identity

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7.2

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6.6

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7.5

Fascism in Colour

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6.8

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7.0

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6.0

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7.0

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