North Bergen, North Bergen

“Nothing is typical for Werner, only the atypical is typical for him.” This is just one of many attempts to characterize Werner Herzog. Documentary filmmaker Thomas von Steinaecker spoke to actors, directors, directors of photography and producers who have worked with Herzog over his long career—including directors Chloé Zhao, Joshua Oppenheimer and Wim Wenders, singer Patti Smith and actors Nicole Kidman, Christian Bale and Robert Pattinson. We also hear from Herzog himself, with extraordinary anecdotes about film locations and shoots, his admiration for Lotte Eisner, and his eternal search for beauty. The interviews are carefully punctuated by archive footage of Herzog never seen before, iconic excerpts from his feature films and documentaries, and his cameos in cartoon series such as The Simpsons. Together they create a kaleidoscopic image of a radical visionary and dreamer, and of his very own “Werner World.”

“This film was a gift to me. I make no claims for it, nor do I offer any apologies. It comes from work on The Thoughts That Once We Had. There was one shot we had to cut whose loss I particularly regretted. It was a shot of a train pulling into Tokyo Station from Ozu’s The Only Son (1936). So I decided to make a film around this shot, an anthology of train arrivals. It comprises 26 scenes or shots from movies, 1904-2015. It has a simple serial structure: each black & white sequence in the first half rhymes with a color sequence in the second half. Thus the first shot and the final shot show trains arriving at stations in Japan from a low camera height. In the first shot (The Only Son), the train moves toward the right; in the last shot, it moves toward the left. A bullet train has replaced a steam locomotive. So after all these years, I’ve made another structural film, although that was not my original intention.”

Footage shot in and around North Bergen, New Jersey presented in a minimalist series of fixed camera angles and long-takes accompanied by the ambient noise of city streets.

Наши герои начисто лишены стыда и инстинкта самосохранения, совсем не обращают внимания на боль и с удовольствием будут мучить себя и других!

Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time. (Silent short, voiced in 1937 and 1996.)

Когда кто-то из шоу-бизнеса решает участвовать в политике, он или она приносит большую жертву и многим рискует. Этот фильм пытается приоткрыть завесу тайны над жизнью и смертью одного из самых легендарных музыкантов — Джона Леннона. Власти боялись того, что символизировал Джон. Любой, кто поет о любви и жизни, опасен для тех, кто «поет» о смерти и насилии. Джон дружил со многими, кого правительство хотело засадить в тюрьму. Он был важной фигурой, за его действиями следили, телефон прослушивался, а те, кого он считал друзьями, возможно, были тайными информаторами спецслужб. Так кому же больше всех было выгодно нейтрализовать Джона Леннона?

Документальный фильм, рассказывающий о создании видеоигры «The Last of Us»

Уникальный талант Эми Уайнхаус сделал ей мировую славу среди современников. Будучи профессиональной джазовой певицей, Эми черпала вдохновение для своих песен и интерпретаций в своей собственной жизни. В ее песнях, одних из самых ярких музыкальных творений нашей эпохи, звучат пронзительная искренность в сочетании с истинным талантом. Однако мировой успех, постоянное внимание СМИ, сложная личная история и нестабильный образ жизни превратили судьбу Эми в карточный домик, который не мог не рассыпаться… Публика вознесла певицу на вершину славы, и не учла, сколь хрупкой оказался ее идол. Талант, который был силой Эми, в конце концов привел ее к гибели…

Фильм рассказывает о судьбе главных героев: первых шагах в гонках, взлётах, падениях, травмах. С детских лет по настоящее время, но особенно подробно освещены сезоны 2011-2012-2013 годов, богатые борьбой, событиями, победами и поражениями. В отличие от обзоров сезонов, которые только дают представление о ходе чемпионата и показывают наиболее яркие моменты гонок, в этом фильме есть ещё исторические экскурсы, фрагменты интервью с интересными людьми, анализ событий и различные точки зрения на них. Получилось очень познавательно, увлекательно, информативно и интересно, пусть и немного затянуто по времени. Вам точно должно понравиться.

Italy, 1970. An increasing legion of harmless warriors begins a peaceful struggle for sexual freedom through pornography, shaking and shocking religious authorities and conservative political institutions. They are ironic, happy, crazy. They are dreamers, defenders of definitive communion between body and soul. But they were censored and humiliated. They were mistreated and arrested for demanding loud a new cultural renaissance.

A short piece that looks at the casting and subsequent work of Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, and Anthony Hopkins.

His teachers, coaches, childhood friends and Barça teammates, together with journalists, writers and prominent figures from the history of football, come together in a restaurant to analyze and pick apart Messi's personality both on and off the field, and to look back at some of the most significant moments in his life. Viewed from Álex de la Iglesia's unique perspective, Messi recreates the player's childhood and teenage years, from his very first steps, with a football always at his feet, through to the decision to leave Rosario for Barcelona, the separation from his family, and the role played in his career by individuals such as Ronaldinho, Rijkaard, Rexach and Guardiola.

The deconstruction of the Avatar scenes and sets

Шокирующий документальный фильм с фестиваля «Сандэнс» 2015 года, снятый Рашидой Джонс, осуждает часто бесславную судьбу молодых женщин, завербованных «любительским» кинотеатром X.

Never before have we watched as much porn as today yet the traditional porn industry is dying. The arrival of web sites showing amateur clips has transformed the way porn is made and consumed. Behind this transformation lies one opaque multinational.

"Жизнь после карьеры в Порно 3" продолжает исследовать, наносит ли карьера порно-исполнителя ущерб балансу жизни исполнителя после выхода на пенсию.

Welcome to the curious, surprising and always outspoken world of straight men who go Gay4Pay. Curiously, there is a disproportionate percentage of men working in gay porn who identify as straight. Why would a straight man do gay porn? What motivates him to try this or make a career of it? Why is there such keen interest and debate into the sexuality and personal lives of these men? And what does it say about us, the viewer that so much of gay porn is dominated by images of straight men?

In this video-short go behind the scenes with the cast of "American Horror Story" on how the show is made.