Tag Archives: Documentary

In one of his very last projects, Raul Ruiz celebrates the films of his historical predecessor Jean Painlevé, a documentary innovator whose work always blended science with surrealism. Ruiz and friends further perfect the art of mystification. Why it is so difficult to count fish in an aquarium? Ruiz, his loyal actor Melvil Poupaud andContinue reading “Ballet Aquatique – 2012”

Director : Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 12/20/2012 Country :

Hollywood actor Jason Scott Lee, actor in The Bruce Lee Story and himself an expert developed by Bruce Lee’s fighting style “Jeet Kune Do” fulfilled his lifelong dream: In an intensive two-week Kung Fu boot camp, Jason is in the centuries introduced ancient secrets of Shaolin Kung Fu. Bei Shi Yongxin, the highest monk ofContinue reading “Secrets of Shaolin with Jason Scott Lee – 2012”

It was a strange and curious misfit. Though born a Buick, the Grand National was clearly something else. It was too quick and too brutish to carry that stodgy name. There was something inside the car trying to get out. Director : Andrew Filippone Jr. Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 12/11/2012 CountryContinue reading “Black Air: The Buick Grand National Documentary – 2012”

A raw and candid dialogue about the life and craft of acting between longtime colleagues and friends Dabney Coleman, Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Mark Rydell, Harry Dean Stanton and Sydney Pollack. Drago Sumonja’s document takes us into the hearts, minds, and living rooms of some of America’s greatest storytellers. Director : Drago Sumonja Cast :Continue reading “Char·ac·ter – 2012”

The documentary about the Reichstag-Building was screened open-air and for free near the Reichstag in Berlin between June and October 2012 in combination with a light and sound show. Director : Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 6/28/2012 Country :

Director : Andre Enzensberger Cast : Chad George|Josh Barnett|Mac Danzig|Miesha Tate|Thomas Denny Genre : Documentary Release Date : 2/20/2012 Country : United States

The other football is not just a documentary about soccer, it’s understanding a world signed by indifference and oblivion which still offers a wide variety to those brave enough to be willing to explore it. Neighborliness, improvisation, sacrifice, situations that seem taken from fiction, improbable places, curious characters, passion, and the certainty of a privilegeContinue reading “El otro fútbol – 2012”

An operating theatre takes on aspects of an alien autopsy as a surgical robot performs a delicate procedure on a human patient. Travelling through the body as if it were an undiscovered seascape, we see human anatomy in shades of blue, as a visceral, undulating unknown. Science fiction collides with scientific fact in this probingContinue reading “Da Vinci – 2012”