Serge Bromberg
1961 (64 года)Film, the Living Record of our Memory
Inés Toharia Terán
Ann Adachi-Tasch, Margaret Bodde
Why are we still able, today, to view images that were captured over 125 years ago? As we enter the digital age, audiovisual heritage seems to be a sure and obvious fact. However, much of cinema and our filmed history has been lost forever. Archivists, technicians and filmmakers from different parts of the world explain what audiovisual preservation is and why it is necessary. The documentary is a tribute to all these professionals and their important work.
Film, the Living Record of Our Memory
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Pamela B. Green
Jodie Foster, Richard Abel
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Le Mystère Méliès
Eric Lange
Leonard Maltin, Serge Bromberg
A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated by a Franco-American collaboration between Lobster Films, the National Film Center, and the Library of Congress.
The Méliès Mystery
Le Voyage extraordinaire
Eric Lange, Serge Bromberg
Costa-Gavras, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece “A Trip to the Moon” (1902), unexpectedly found in Spain and restored thanks to the heroic efforts of a group of true cinema lovers.
The Extraordinary Voyage
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea
Romy Schneider, Henri-Georges Clouzot
In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot's production of L'Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, major studio backing and an unlimited budget, after three weeks the production collapsed. This documentary presents Inferno's incredible expressionistic original rushes, screen tests, and on-location footage, whilst also reconstructing Clouzot's original vision, and shedding light on the ill-fated endeavor through interviews, dramatizations of unfilmed scenes, and Clouzot's own notes.
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Paul Merton's Weird and Wonderful World of Early Cinema
Paul Merton
Paul Merton, Neil Brand
Paul Merton goes in search of the origins of screen comedy in the forgotten world of silent cinema - not in Hollywood, but closer to home in pre-1914 Britain and France. Revealing the unknown stars and lost masterpieces, he brings to life the pioneering techniques and optical inventiveness of the virtuosos who mastered a new art form. With a playful eye and comic sense of timing, Merton combines the role of presenter and director to recreate the weird and wonderful world that is early European cinema in a series of cinematic experiments of his own.
Paul Merton's Weird and Wonderful World of Early Cinema
Birth of the Tramp
Eric Lange, Serge Bromberg
Peter Hudson, Kate Guyonvarch
A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot.
Birth of the Tramp
La La La
Éric Bitoun
Damien Chazelle, Michel Legrand
When the silent cinema learned to speak, the audience was surprised not only by the voices of the actors and the sound effects, but also by a new element, the music, which, combined with the dance and an unprejudiced imagination, gave rise to a new genre, as important to Hollywood cinema as the western was: the musical. A journey through the history of this genre, from its beginnings to the present day.
La La La
Chaplin Today: City Lights
Serge Bromberg
Peter Lord, Charlie Chaplin
In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City Lights would not be a talking picture, but it would have a soundtrack. Chaplin personally composed a musical score and sound effects for the picture. With Peter Lord, the famous co-creator of Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit, we see how Chaplin became the king of slapstick comedy and the superstar of the movies.
Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'
Hedy Lamarr : l'Invention d'une star
Claudia Collao
John Baxter, Geraldine Beigbeder
The extraordinary life of Hedy Lamarr, a successful actress and inventor of a pioneer system that is the base of technologies such as Bluetooth, GPS and wi-fi.
Hedy Lamarr: The Invention of a Star
Amore tra le rovine
Massimo Alì Mohammad
Francesco Bettini, Serge Bromberg
Love Among the Ruins is a spoof about the miraculous discovery and restoration of a long lost Italian silent film. The film connects a contemporary filmmaker with the genius of the Lumini brothers, two cinematic icons who have been almost overlooked in the history of cinema.
Love Among the Ruins
Ils ont vu l’Enfer...
Pauline Richard, Serge Bromberg
Romy Schneider, Serge Reggiani
A wonderful documentary that sheds additional light on the fascinating project ‘Inferno’ was, as well as how those who were involved with it reacted to it during the shooting process. A riveting adjunct to the main feature, offering a glut of interviews with various people associated with the production, and presenting quite a bit more production data, as well as some unseen footage from Clouzot's shoot.
They Saw Inferno
