Clara Kuperberg
2021I, Douglas Fairbanks
Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg
Philipp Moog
The dashing and dazzling Douglas Fairbanks was the movie star who "swashbuckled in Zorro, dueled exuberantly in Robin Hood and soared magnificently in The Thief of Bagdad"-- He was the "First King of Hollywood". His life story unfolds with American history and the emergence of the film industry as backdrop. His style made him the perfect American icon. At a time when the country did not have any self-doubt, he represented America like no one else: strong, confident, heroic, smiling and conquering. He was "Everybody's Hero". He married "America's Sweetheart", Mary Pickford. He also started, with Pickford, Chaplin and Griffith, the United Artists Studio which is still a Hollywood player today. This film is the life of Douglas Fairbanks as told via first person narration.
I, Douglas Fairbanks
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg
Paula Wagner, Lynda Obst
The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who directed more than 300 films over 10 years. Frances Marion wrote screenplays for the Hollywood Star Mary Pickford and won two Oscars, Dorothy Arzner was the most powerful film director in Hollywood. And what do all of them have in common? They are all women and they have all been forgotten. Incredibly, it also took until 2010 for the first woman, Kathryn Bigelow, to win the Oscar for Best Director. Even if underrepresented women have always played a big part in Hollywood and it is this part of the film history left untold that this documentary sets out to uncover.
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Les espions qui venaient d'Hollywood
Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg
Deborah Plisko, Tony Maietta
During the 1930s anti-Semitism was rampant not only in Germany but also in America. There was a German American Bund and pro-Nazi rallies even filled Madison Square Gardens in New York City. And the US was isolationist. Until Pearl Harbor, then, everything changed. Spymasters throughout the 20th century, and particularly during times of conflict, thought it advantageous to enlist the services of celebrities who had high level and powerful "fans" in various industries, many with easy access to politicians and high ranking government officials. Hollywood, as we now know from declassified National Archive documents, aided in the mobilization for war and its people contributed as spies, combatants, propagandists, documentary and fund-raisers, entertainers, and morale-boosters. Hundreds of celebrities eagerly answered the "call to arms" and brought their talents and patriotism to the intelligence services, military and war information offices.
Hollywood Spies
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg
Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster
Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him back into the context of each period and will be helpful in understanding his role in the history of cinema, because he was far from following the trends. He never belonged to any film movement; he is a chameleon that has always preferred natural acting, ‘non-acting’ when method acting was the fashion.
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
James Ellroy: American Dog
Robert Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg
William J. Bratton, Dana Delany
Riffing on the topics covered in his brilliant "best selling, award winning" 1996 book My Dark Places, Ellroy takes us on a tour of his hometown both past and present in this short, entertaining film.
James Ellroy: American Dog
Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg
Gene Tierney, Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese is among those paying tribute to Gene Tierney, the Academy Award-nominated American actress who was a leading lady in Hollywood throughout the 1940s and '50s.
Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
Martin Scorsese, l'émotion par la musique
Robert Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg
Martin Scorsese, in New York, talks about the musics in his films and all his influence and great composers as Bernard Herrmann or Bernstein. From Mean Streets to Aviator.
Martin Scorsese, l'émotion par la musique
Milos Forman, un outsider à Hollywood
Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg
Miloš Forman
Milos Forman and guests look at his career from his departing Czechoslovakia and his arrival in America with stories and interviews about The Fireman's Ball, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The People Vs Larry Flynt, and The Man on the Moon.
Milos Forman Taking Off in America
Science-fiction et paranoïa: La culture de la peur aux Etats-Unis
Julia Kuperberg, Clara Kuperberg
James Cameron, Roland Emmerich
Gives insight into the creators mindset and how they culled from real life events to create some of the biggest sci-fi films of all time.
Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth
