An Opera of Violence (2003)
First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968. (Followed by The Wages of Sin.)
Top billed cast
Bernardo BertolucciSelf - Filmmaker
Claudia CardinaleSelf - Actress
John CarpenterSelf - Filmmaker
Alex CoxSelf - Filmmaker
Tonino Delli ColliSelf - DOP
Gabriele FerzettiSelf - Actor
Christopher FraylingSelf - Writer
John MiliusSelf - Filmmaker
Henry FondaSelf - Actor (archive footage)
Sergio LeoneSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Death Day (1934)
During his adventure in Mexico, Sergei Eisenstein made footage of a Mexican "Death Day" celebration for inclusion in his "Que Viva Mexico!" film project. When the 200,000-plus feet of film he eventually exposed in Mexico was first attempted to be made into a feature film, "Thunder Over Mexico", the producers excluded the Death Day material for subsequent compilation as an independent short subject. Silent with music track and explanatory English intertitles.
Positively Naked (2005)
No clothes. No apologies. This film marks artist Spencer Tunick's third 'Naked' documentary which feature photo shoots that create art from the naked bodies of men and women. In this shoot, 85 HIV-positive men and women gather in a downtown Manhattan bar where they bare it all for Tunick's camera, creating an unsentimental look at life with AIDS in America today.
Will of the Warrior (2013)
Behind-the-scenes documentary focusing on Marcus Luttrell, the lone survivor of a four-man Navy Seal team ambushed by the Taliban in 2005.
Alice in Label Land (1974)
Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' stories are used to explain certain sections of the Labelling of Food Regulations 1970.
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (2013)
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, one veteran dies by suicide in America every 80 minutes. While only 1% of Americans has served in the military, former service members account for 20% of all suicides in the U.S. Based in Canandaigua, NY and open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the Veterans Crisis Line receives more than 22,000 calls each month from veterans of all conflicts who are struggling or contemplating suicide. This timely documentary spotlights the traumas endured by America’s veterans, as seen through the work of the hotline’s trained responders. CRISIS HOTLINE captures extremely private moments, where the professionals, many of whom are themselves veterans or veterans’ spouses, can often interrupt the thoughts and plans of suicidal callers to steer them out of crisis.
Grand Central Market (1963)
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Salmon (2015)
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Symptoms in Schizophrenia (1938)
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BTS Memories of 2014 (2015)
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BTS Memories of 2015 (2016)
The band's second MEMORIES project delivers 410 minutes of footage in 4 Discs.
BTS Memories of 2016 (2017)
BTS 2016 Memories project includes 390 minutes of footage of the band.
BTS Memories of 2017 (2018)
The best memories of BTS, who recorded unprecedented hits all over the world, with as many as 545 minutes of footage from 2017.
Cradle of Genius (1960)
Longtime playwrights and performers of the Abbey Theatre share colourful reminiscences of the national institution founded by W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory in 1904. Oscar Nominee: Best Documentary Short
The Man in Gray (1961)
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The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy (2013)
This feature-length documentary delves into the trilogy, opening with the inspiration and vision for the new Batman films and inching its way toward the Rises finale and the culmination of nearly a decade of creative blood, sweat and tears. Candid, thoughtful and extensive, and comprised of revealing behind-the-scenes footage, countless interviews, audition tapes (with Christian Bale and Cillian Murphy doning the cape and cowl), and a narrative grip and momentum all its own, it leaves no stone unturned.
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Viva Tar! (2016)
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Spaceballs: The Documentary (2005)
The cast and crew of Spaceballs looks back at the making of the movie.