6.4 / 10(25 votes)IMDb20131h 20mUnited States of America, France, Canada

What Is Cinema?

Synopsis

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.

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What Is Cinema? Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Documentary HD

Type: Trailer • Published 2013-11-15

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Chantal Akerman

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Robert Altman

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David Lynch

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Costa-Gavras

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Robert Bresson

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Rob Epstein

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Abbas Kiarostami

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Mike Leigh

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Jonas Mekas

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Michael Moore

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Yvonne Rainer

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Kelly Reichardt

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Ken Jacobs

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Bill Viola

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Michael Winterbottom

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Akira Kurosawa

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James Franco

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Alfred Hitchcock

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Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: Chuck Workman
Screenplay & Story: Chuck Workman
Original Title: What Is Cinema?
Country of Origin: United States of America, France, Canada
Spoken Languages: French, English
Runtime: 1h 20m

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Chuck Workman

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Charles S. Cohen

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Chuck Workman

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Charles S. Cohen

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