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What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema?

6.4 (25) ·2013 ·80 min ·Movie
Documentary

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.

Top Cast

Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
Self
Robert Altman
Robert Altman
Self
David Lynch
David Lynch
Self
Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras
Self
Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson
Self
Rob Epstein
Rob Epstein
Self
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami
Self
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh
Self
Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas
Self
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
Self

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