Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Film History: 185 Films to Rent on DVD
- Fellini's Magic (2002)
- Dir. Carmen Piccini
- Essential viewing for Fellini fans, this vivid if humble homage to the Italian ringmaster–cum–filmmaker brings together a useful mixture…
- I Don't Know Jack (2002)
- Dir. Chris Leavens
Feat. Jack Nance
- Concerning the life, work and death of Jack Nance, star of ERASERHEAD and eccentric of other David Lynch films, whose self–destructive…
- Kid Stays in the Picture, The (2002)
- Dir. Brett Morgen, Nanette Burstein
Feat. Robert Evans
- Unique auto–documentary about Hollywood 'super–producer' Robert Evans who put together pictures like THE GODFATHER and…
- Lord of the Rings - Beyond the Movie (2002)
- Dir. Kathleen Phelan
- Made for the National Geographic TV–channel, this documentary explores the background to Peter Jackson’s monumental adaptation, as well as J…
- Lost in La Mancha (2002)
- Dir. Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Feat. Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, Jean Rochefort
- A cautionary fable of filmmaking in the mould of HEARTS OF DARKNESS, concerning director Terry Gilliam’s (BRAZIL) attempt to film a version of…
- Prisoner of Paradise (2002)
- Dir. Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
- Justly acclaimed examination of an unusual chapter in the Holocaust, in which the Dutch–Jewish comic actor Kurt Gerron was forced to make a…
- Real Mary Poppins, The (The Shadow of Mary Poppins) (2002)
- Dir. Lisa Matthews
- A documentary on the life and times of P.L. Travers, creator of Mary Poppins, whose working relationship with Walk Disney was the stuff of legend,…
- My Voyage to Italy (Il Mio Viaggio in Italia) (2001)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
- Martin Scorsese’s personal journey through Italian cinema is an epic appreciation, less an overview than a guide to the films and filmmakers who've…
- Schlock! - The Secret History of American Movies (2001)
- Dir. Ray Greene
- A suitably low–rent survey of 50s and 60s B–grade movies, with insights courtesy of Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich, David F. Friedman,…
- Searching for Debra Winger (2001)
- Dir. Rosanna Arquette
- Hollywood actress Roseanna Arquette analyzes the pressures and rewards of her profession in this loosely–formed patchwork of interviews with…