Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides (2004)
- Dir. Thomas Riedelsheimer
- Visually beautiful, though essentially straightforward documentary on the Scottish landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, who creates his work out of…
Brother to Brother (2004)- Dir. Rodney Evans
Feat. Anthony Mackie, Larry Gilliard, Jr, Duane Boutte… - Heartfelt drama delves deep into the quagmire of identity politics in its depiction of the challenges faced by gay black artists in America set both…
Colin McCahon: I Am (2004)- Dir. Paul Swadel
Feat. Sam Neill - A sterling examination of the life and work of New Zealand's most renowned modern artist, Colin McCahon, who was born in 1919 and blossomed into a…
Derek Jarman: Life as Art (2004)- Dir. Andy Kimpton-Nye
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry - Maddeningly conventional portrait of the iconoclastic director is lacking Jarman's own formal audaciousness, and is too often a clunky mix of talking…
Five Obstructions, The (5 Obstructions) (2004)- Dir. Lars Von Trier, Jorgen Leth
Feat. Claus Nissen, Jorgen Leth - Arthouse big–shot Lars Von Trier pays off another gambit with what turns out to be a stimulating rumination on the process of film–making…
Frank Hurley - The Man Who Made History (2004)- Dir. Simon Nasht
- A probing documentary about the renowned pioneer of cinema documentary who specialised in extreme environments or ethnographic subjects, most…
How We Ruined the Italian Movie Business (Come inguaiammo il cinema italiano) (2004)- Sprawling Italian documentary telling the story of Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia, a treasured comedy duo from Sicily who began their careers as…
In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)- Dir. Jessica Yu
- The art of Henry Darger is brought to life in this absorbing document of closeted genius, rediscovering the work of an elderly recluse who, upon his…
Jeff Koons Show, The (2004)- The life and work of polarising contemporary artist Jeff Koons is examined in this insightful, if uncritical documentary portrait. Curators,…
Marti - The Passionate Eye (2004)- Dir. Shirley Horrocks
- A celebratory savour of the life and times of New Zealand photographer Marti Friedlander, who arrived from England in 1958 and proceeded to document…
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