Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007 · 65m · Documentary
A documentary about the making of the television mini-series by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including interviewees with the principal actors.
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1922 · ★ 7.8
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Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012 · ★ 6.7
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The Pixar Story
2007 · ★ 7.5
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
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