Summary
Features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. The film documents Ismailos' voyage of discovering the creative personalities behind the camera.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 58Audiences 56GoodWatch 57
Tomatometer66%
Metascore49
IMDb6.4
User score6.0
Audience score43%
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for documentaries, −6 min on the typical 96
typical 9690Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
2009
May 19, 2009
17 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
ItalianFrenchMade in
- United States
and 9 more12 people
- Bernardo BertolucciSelf
- Catherine BreillatSelf
- Liliana CavaniSelf
- Stephen FrearsSelf
- Todd HaynesSelf
- Richard LinklaterSelf
- Ken LoachSelf
- David LynchSelf
John SaylesSelf
Agnès VardaSelf
Angela IsmailosSelf
Peter HinwoodSelf - Rocky Horror - A Creation (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (archive footage)
Directing · 1
- Angela Ismailos Director, Writer, Producer
Production · 1
- Mamta Trivedi Producer
Editing · 2
- Christina Burchard Editor
- Sabine Hoffman Editor
Sound · 4
- Joel Douek Original Music Composer
- Ira Spiegel Sound Editor
- Marlena Grzaslewicz Sound Editor
- Mark Maloof Sound Recordist
Other crew · 1
- John Pirozzi Cinematography
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