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What Is Cinema?

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

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.

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