Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis (2021)
Жанр : документальный, история, телевизионный фильм
Время выполнения : 54М
Директор : Jean-Christophe Klotz
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In 1991, American Psycho, the third novel by controversial writer Bret Easton Ellis, provoked heated discussions among critics and readers alike; an extraordinarily disturbing book that transported its readers into the mind of Patrick Bateman, a cynical mergers and acquisitions executive obsessed with brands, inconsequential details, pop culture and brutal murder.
Испания, 1936 год. Знаменитый писатель Мигель де Унамуно поддерживает военное восстание, надеясь, что оно разрешит царящий в Испании хаос. Тем временем власть в стране захватывает генерал Франко. Теперь Унамуно предстоит сделать выбор, от которого зависит не только его свобода, но и жизнь тех, кто ему дорог.
A reckless joyride into the darkest corners of popular music that delves deep into the mind of Mick Rock, the genius photographer who immortalized the seventies and the rise to rock stardom of many legendary musicians.
The American cult writer, Philip K. Dick was responsible for some of the most iconic novels of the twentieth century. This documentary looks behind the famous author and examines his unique vision of the future with the assistance of philosophers, scientists, biographers, writers, friends and family. We draw upon Philip K. Dick’s work as well as various cinematographic adaptations of his novels (Blade Runner, Minority Report, Total Recall, and more) in order to illustrate the extent to which K. Dick’s oeuvre foretold the world that has become our own today. The film will take the viewer on a fascinating journey to discover this extraordinary writer and to observe our contemporary society with a critical eye by delving into three of K. Dick’s main obsessions: the human being and his double, a controlled society and what is reality?
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, left Stockholm and went to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special cinephiles, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (An abridged version of Bergmans video, 2012.)
A joyful tale filled with music. The rise of radio. The jazz big bands. The legendary clubs and ballrooms. The soundtracks of the great musical films and TV shows. Sex and romance, gangsters, luxury cars and palm trees. From Barcelona to New York, with a stop in Cuba. The birth of Las Vegas. The sound of the maracas. Chihuahuas everywhere. The incredible life story of Xavier Cugat (1900-90).
She appeared when Spain was waking up from a long post-war period and crying with melodramas starring children, a child prodigy unlike any other; a girl who, in time, would become a symbol of freedom and a total artist. Actress, singer, friend, lover. This is the story of Ana Belén.
Декабрь 1897 года, Париж. Эдмону Ростану нет и тридцати, а у него двое детей, которых надо кормить и одевать. Прошло уже два года, как он не может ничего написать. В отчаянии он обещает своему патрону принести новую грандиозную и уморительную пьесу в стихах. Обрадованный патрон назначает дату премьеры. Проблема в том, что у Эдмона пока есть только одно название. Он непременно должен уложиться в строки, игнорируя капризы актрис, идиотские требования продюсеров, ревность собственной жены, любовные аферы его лучшего друга, и, несмотря на тот факт, что в его успех не верит никто, включая его самого.
The incredible story of the Italian Emilio D'Alessandro, personal driver of the great director Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999), who met Emilio by chance in London in 1971 and hired him, thus establishing a deep friendship that lasted thirty years and helped create four masterpieces of cinema. A moving tale about two seemingly opposing people who found their ideal travel companion far away from home…
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, left Stockholm and went to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special cinephiles, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (Released in 2013, edited and abridged, as Trespassing Bergman.)
A portrait of the internationally acclaimed Spanish film director Isabel Coixet and an analysis of her particular world and her sensibility as a creator: her fictional universe, her career and her life through the words of actors, technicians, family, friends, journalists, specialized critics and those filmmakers who have been inspired by her work.
The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is the most translated Equatoguinean writer, but he had to flee the country in 2011, after starting a hunger strike denouncing the crimes of the dictatorship. Since then, he has lived in Spain, feeling that, despite the risks, he must return and fight the monster… with words.
Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (1920-1993) in his personal and creative intimacy, to capture the gears of his great circus, his fantastic lies and his crazy inventions.
A poetic journey into the visual world of the legendary filmmaker and actor Orson Welles (1915-85) that reveals a new portrait of a unique genius, both of his life and of his monumental work: through his own eyes, drawn by his own hand, painted with his own brush.
Short documentary on the Belgian painter Max Selen.
The story of Enrique Herreros (1903-1977), cartoonist, advertiser, poster designer, talent manager, actor, producer and filmmaker, and the most daring of mountaineers; the man who, along with his companions from the so-called “other Generation of '27,” brought Hollywood to Madrid's Gran Vía, turning a grey and sinister post-war city into the capital of an incipient and ambitious cultural industry.
Feature documentary about the life and works of MC Escher.
A fantastic journey through the world of Renato Casaro, one of the most important illustrators that the world’s film poster industry has ever known.
Значительную часть творчества поп-звезда и актриса посвятила эксклюзивному эротическому учению. Серия стабильных скандалов, сопровождавшая выход видеофильма «порочная Мадонна», фотоальбома «Секс», компакт-диска «Эротика», добралась до респектабельного каннского кинофестиваля, где гвоздем сезона стал фильм «В постели с Мадонной». Саркастический розыгрыш пикантно-интимных ситуаций затянул даже кинозвезд Шона Пэнна и Уоррена Битти - бывших мужа и любовника Мадонны. Это документальный фильм, описывающий закулисную жизнь Мадонны во время её тура 1990 года Blond Ambition. На 2006 год находился на 6-ом месте по сборам среди документальных фильмов.
