Favorite Documentaries about Movie's and Move Making?

lukewarmwater · 07-04-09, 11:25 PM

What are your favorites?

MrSmearkase · 07-04-09, 11:36 PM

Mondo Kane · 07-05-09, 12:22 AM

Clerks X: Snowball Effect
Universal Horror (Extended version)
The American Nightmare
Dawn of the Dead-"The Dead Will Walk"
Devil's Rejects-"30 Days in Hell"
Under Pressure....The making of The Abyss
Hostel-"Dissected"
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
From Dusk Til Dawn-"Full Tilt Boogie"
Indie Sex: Uncensored
Behind The Planet of the Apes

inri222 · 07-05-09, 01:26 AM

droidguy1119 · 07-05-09, 02:44 AM

It's not as hands-on as the kinds of documentaries here, but I thought the first "An Evening With Kevin Smith" was pretty indispensable.

Solid Snake PAC · 07-05-09, 03:07 AM

How about those Documentaries on the WB Kubrick set? Also...Curious Case of Ben Button has a good doc too.

DonnachaOne · 07-05-09, 03:16 AM

1. "Movies" is the plural, "Movie's" is a possessive
2. It is "movie-making"
3. Full Tilt Boogie, the making of From Dusk Till Dawn.

KaBluie · 07-05-09, 03:21 AM

It Came From Hollywood (1982)
The Marx Brothers In A Nutshell (1982)
Unknown Chaplin (1983)
Document Of The Dead (1985)
The Fantasy Film Worlds Of George Pal (1985)
W.C. Fields Straight Up (1986)
Marilyn Something's Got To Give (1990)
Myrna Loy So Nice To Come Home To (1991)
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood The 'Plan 9' Companion (1992)
It's All True (1993)
The Fantasy Worlds Of Irwin Allen (1995)
Behind The Planet Of The Apes (1998)
Stanley Kubrick A Life In Pictures (2001)
Bond Girls Are Forever (2002)
Searching For Debra Winger (2002)
Cinema Hong Kong The Beauties Of The Shaw Studio (2003)

Fist of Doom · 07-05-09, 04:15 AM

James Lafleur · 07-05-09, 04:37 AM

From Dusk Til Dawn-"Full Tilt Boogie"

And maybe Lost in La Mancha?

Doctor Gonzo · 07-05-09, 03:56 PM

-- Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate --

A very good cautionary tale. You can watch it in eight parts on youtube, with part one here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdcRiPLp4oU

Hokeyboy · 07-05-09, 04:10 PM

That one documentary, about the proper use of apostrophe marks? Better than "The Sorrow and the Pity"!

Dr Mabuse · 07-05-09, 04:31 PM

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Awesome stuff guys.

TCM's '39 From 1939, Hollywood's Greatest Year' is excellent.

Warner is doing a '1939' documentary this year, but I haven't seen it.

naitram · 07-05-09, 07:28 PM

CT Dreyer - My Metier
The Battle of Brazil
Personal Journey Through American Movies w/ Martin Scorcese
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Billy Wilder Speaks

Also love Hearts of Darkness, of course.

scott1598 · 07-05-09, 07:32 PM

the only two i could sit through and loved in its entirety were the ones from
"Platoon".
&
"Iron Man"

i'm not sure if you classify them as docus, but they were feature length and highly engrossing and interesting.

NoirFan · 07-05-09, 07:34 PM

The recently released Cinematographer Style looks good as well. Here's a review of it.

Scorsese's documentaries on Italian and American films are excellent. Apparently he's going to be making one on British films as well. Also worth watching are Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession, A Decade Under the Influence and A Constant Forge, a lengthy Cassavetes doc included in his Criterion box set.

MrSmearkase · 07-05-09, 09:23 PM

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DeltaSigChi4 · 07-05-09, 11:19 PM

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First one that I could think of.

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Drexl · 07-06-09, 01:09 AM

I would second Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession. Technically it may fall under TV, but much of it's about movies.

For move making, there's Mad Hot Ballroom.

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NoirFan DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 8,422	Re: Favorite Documentaries about Movie's and Move Making? The recently released Cinematographer Style looks good as well. Here's a review of it. Scorsese's documentaries on Italian and American films are excellent. Apparently he's going to be making one on British films as well. Also worth watching are Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession, A Decade Under the Influence and A Constant Forge, a lengthy Cassavetes doc included in his Criterion box set. __________________ Watch Edgar G. Ulmer's Noir Classic Detour Cinema

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Drexl DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 10,363	Re: Favorite Documentaries about Movie's and Move Making? I would second Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession. Technically it may fall under TV, but much of it's about movies. For move making, there's Mad Hot Ballroom.