This documentary is featured on the DVD for Captain Blood (1935), released in 2005.
In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City Lights would not be a talking picture, but it would have a soundtrack. Chaplin personally composed a musical score and sound effects for the picture. With Peter Lord, the famous co-creator of Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit, we see how Chaplin became the king of slapstick comedy and the superstar of the movies.
A documentary incorporating footage of Montgomery Clift’s most memorable films; interviews with family and friends, and rare archival material stretching back to his childhood. What develops is the story of an intense young boy who yearned for stardom, achieved notable success in such classic films as From Here to Eternity and I Confess, only to be ruined by alcohol addiction and his inability to face his own fears and homosexual desires. Montgomery Clift, as this film portrays him, may not have been a happy man but he never compromised his acting talents for Hollywood.
Deep Blue is a major documentary feature film shot by the BBC Natural History Unit. An epic cinematic rollercoaster ride for all ages, Deep Blue uses amazing footage to tell us the story of our oceans and the life they support.
This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German film history. Ten people working in film today remember their favourite films of yesteryear.
A BFI collection of 7 short films from the USA, England and Italy scored for Piano, Guitar and String Quartet.
Playboy Playmates take over the Playboy Mansion for a sleepover party.
Clothing is optional at Hedonism III, Jamaica's legendary adult resort dedicated to all things carnal. This release from the makers of Playboy magazine ventures inside in order to catch a host of beautiful women at play.
The coffee's not the only thing that's hot and steamy in Playboy's Women of Starbucks. Ten beautiful baristas come out from behind the counter to shed their standard-issue aprons-and everything else. What do you like with your coffee?
Following the success of the Women of Wal-Mart, Playboy went on another arousing girl-next-door search, this time to that uniquely American institution, McDonald’s! See McDonald’s sexiest employees step out from behind the counter, lose the uniforms, and say cheese! Plus action footage of our six sexy sirens doing all sorts of things they don’t do at work: wrestling alligators, getting tattoos, bowling naked with a girlfriend, and much more!
Playboy magazine sent out the call for America’s sexiest bartender and hundreds of mesmerizing mixologists from around the country submitted their hottest photos, posing on bar tops, coolers and pool tables‚ wearing nothing but a smile. We poured over their pictures until we found the top 9 finalists and now we bring them to you as only Playboy can! From New York to California, Ohio to Florida and points in between, these bar babes give it to you straight up, or with a twist. To that we say, "Cheers!"
It's a clothing rollback! Playboy presents the Women of Wal-Mart. Known for their reputation for being cheerful, hundreds of the sexiest female associates from across the country answered Playboy's call to smile for the camera. Go behind the scenes of their sizzling photo shoots, view their exclusive Playboy video profiles and hear revealing stories of their craziest on- and off-duty sexcapades. Guaranteed to leave viewers with a smiley face!
For the hottest soccer action outside the World Cup, Hef assembled his own team of world-class stunners for a uniform-optional photo shoot at the Playboy mansion. Hailing from such pillars of the soccer world as Brazil, Germany and the Netherlands as well as Japan, Russia and yes, the USA, these toned and tackle-worthy all-star beauties bare it all, share their tips for a group warm-up and happily take a time out for playing dirty. The game of soccer has never seen such high scores.
Controversial cinéma vérité analysis of Havana’s lumpenproletariat in waterfront bars and cafés shortly after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.
An intimate portrait of iconic photographer Helmut Newton shot by his wife and fellow photographer June Newton.
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as the first real motion picture ever made, although Louis Le Prince's 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene pre-dated it by seven years. Three separate versions of this film exist, which differ from one another in numerous ways. The first version features a carriage drawn by one horse, while in the second version the carriage is drawn by two horses, and there is no carriage at all in the third version. The clothing style is also different between the three versions, demonstrating the different seasons in which each was filmed. This film was made in the 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and at a speed of 16 frames per second. At that rate, the 17 meters of film length provided a duration of 46 seconds, holding a total of 800 frames.
He was an anarchist and provocateur. Underground filmmaker and a cheeky fuck. Several of today's veterans in the Norwegian film industry started their career with him. Yet there are few today who know Bredo Greve. In Bredo Greve - filmrebell you will get to know the filmmaker's marvelous film history. Greve was always ready for a good fight, and he used film to pinpoint problems in society that are still scarily relevant.
Covering over 100 years of cinema, this is a journey of discovering and exploring the magic of cinema from a personal perspective. Looking at the changes and developments of cinema Thomas explains how film has deeply affected his life as a person and a filmmaker.
A tribute to the late, great French director Francois Truffaut, this documentary was undoubtedly named after his last movie, Vivement Dimanche!, released in 1983. Included in this overview of Truffaut's contribution to filmmaking are clips from 14 of his movies arranged according to the themes he favored. These include childhood, literature, the cinema itself, romance, marriage, and death.
Le Club: Claude Jade