What Is Cinema? 11 years old

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.

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What Is Cinema? Cast

Name Character
David Lynch He was 67, now 78 years old as Himself
Robert Altman He was 88, 81 years old when he died as Himself
Michael Moore He was 59, now 70 years old as Himself
Abbas Kiarostami He was 73, 76 years old when he died as Himself
Kelly Reichardt She was 49, now 60 years old as Herself
Robert Bresson He was 111, 98 years old when he died as Himself
Mike Leigh He was 70, now 81 years old as Himself
Michael Winterbottom He was 52, now 63 years old as Himself
Jonas Mekas He was 90, 96 years old when he died as Himself
Costa-Gavras He was 80, now 91 years old as Himself
Rob Epstein He was 58, now 69 years old as Himself
Chantal Akerman She was 63, 65 years old when she died as Herself
Yvonne Rainer She was 78, now 89 years old as Herself
Bill Viola He was 62, now 73 years old as Himself
Ken Jacobs He was 80, now 91 years old as Himself

What Is Cinema? Crew

Name Department
Chuck Workman as Director. He was 13 (now 24) years old Directing
Chuck Workman as Writer. He was 13 (now 24) years old Writing
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What Is Cinema? (11 years)

  • Release day: Friday, September 06, 2013
  • Runtime: 80 minutes