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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the delightful farce Meeting Spencer, one of the great character actors of our time, Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested development), steps into a hilariously funny leading role. During one fateful night at Frankie and Johnnie's steakhouse in Manhattan, famed (but fading) director Harris Chappell (Tambor) plans to re-launch his Broadway career after suffering a humiliating series of flops in Hollywood.
2) Hitchcock
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
3) Fedora
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2014, 1978
Language
English
Description
A film producer travels to the Greek isles to coax a Garbo-like screen idol out of seclusion. But the deeper he infiltrates the remote villa, evading an overprotective countess and a mysterious plastic surgeon, the closer he comes to discovering the terrible secret behind the actress's timeless beauty.
Series
Criterion collection volume 769
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Criterion collection.
Language
Français
Description
The leading lady is recovering from a nervous breakdown, another performer is soused on the set, unions threaten to walk, shooting must finish before the insurance lapses and a cat can't hit its mark. Is this any way to make a film?
5) 24 frames
Series
Criterion collection volume 956
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
Persian
Description
Filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami recreates the final three years of his life through twenty-four short films inspired by a collection of still images.
6) Bowfinger
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2000, c1999
Language
English
Description
With the help of Jiff Ramsey, brother to Hollywood's biggest star, Hollywood's least successful director stops at nothing to get him into his latest low-budget film.
8) Close-up
Series
Criterion collection volume 519
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Special ed.
Language
Persian
Description
Based on the real-life case of Hossein Sabzian and re-enacted by the actual people involved in the original case, a man impersonates a famous director to insinuate himself into a wealthy family he has just met.
Series
Criterion collection volume 118
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
A Hollywood director sets out to discover what tragic life feels like first hand, befriends a beautiful cynic, and learns that comedy is more important than pathos.
12) Oki's movie
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Language
Korean
Formats
Description
One of Hong's most structurally audacious films, it comprises four short films arranged in an almost nesting doll formation. As each section reveals itself, impressions of a love triangle emerge as talented young director Jingu and his teacher, Professor Song, vie for the affection of ever-earnest film student Oki.
13) Zoom
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
A multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality but authors a story about one of the others.
14) Planetarium
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
On the eve of World War II, two sisters, who are believed to possess the supernatural ability to connect with ghosts, tour through Europe. They cross paths with a visionary French producer while performing in Paris.
15) Mulholland Dr
Series
Criterion collection volume 779
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
17) 8 1/2
Series
Criterion collection volume 140
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
[2-disc]; widescreen.
Language
Italiano
Description
Fellini's autobiographical film about a famous film director who loses his inspiration in the midst of making a film.
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