LIST: Documentaries about filmmaking

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mandrean

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Hi,

Let's gather documentaries about movie making. It can be about any subject. Cinematography, directing, editing, screenplays, audio, light, acting – anything. Lengthy ones are preferred, but there are some shorter gems as well.

My first contributions are:


Filmmaking in general
Film festivals/competitions
Editing
Cinematography
Music/Sound
Screenwriting
Acting
  • I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009), 39 min.
    Trailer:
Animation
  • The Pixar Story (2007), 87 min.
    Part 1:
SFX/Stunts etc.
Film Criticism
Making of/Behind the Scenes etc.
  • The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988), 124 min.
    Part 1:
  • The God Father Trilogy - Behind the scenes + documentaries. On the 2001 DVD release and new ones on the 2008 Blu-ray release.
    Trailer:
  • Making 'The Shining' (1980), 35 min. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203667/
    Full length video:
  • The American Experience: The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996), 108 min. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115634/
    Part 1:
  • Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007), 214 min. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1080585/
    Trailer:
  • Lost in La Mancha (2002), 93 min. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308514/
    Documentary about Terry Gilliam's failed first attempt to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
    Trailer:
  • Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Extended Edition (6 Discs of Behind the Scenes), 720+ min (12+ hours).
    Get the Trilogy Extended Edition Box with all the extras.
    Excerpt:
  • Raiding The Lost Ark: A Filmumentary By Jamie Benning (2012), 143 min.
    Full length video:
Stanley Kubrick
Ingmar Bergman
Apocalypse Now
Jaws

Star Wars
  • The Making of 'Star Wars' (1977), 50 min. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295414/
    Full length video:
  • Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (TV 2004), 151 min. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416716/
    Part 1:
  • Building Empire (2006), 137 min.
    Full length video:
  • Returning to Jedi (2007), 148 min.
    Full length video:
  • Star Wars Begins - The Complete Documentary (2011), 139 min.
    Full length video:
Titanic
Sergio Leone/Ennio Morricone
  • Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2001), Complete 57 min TV version (not 20 min version on DVD). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379417/
    Part 1:
  • The Restoration of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 11 min.
    Full length video:
Akira Kurosawa
Which ones do you know of?
 
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prexdealer said:
wow thanks and what a list!
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Thanks. If you know anything, feel free to share it as well.

Updated the list with some more titles:

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
The American Experience: The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
Dokument Fanny och Alexander, a.k.a "The Making of Fanny and Alexander"
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death and Love
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Jaws: The Inside Story
The Shark Is Still Working
Lost in La Mancha
 
These are all available on Netflix currently:

These Amazing Shadows
American Movie
Double Take
Not Quite Hollywood
The Outsider
Tales From the Script
The Cutting Edge
The Last Mogul
Roman Polanski: Wanted & Desired
This Film is Not Yet Rated
Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Reel Injun
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Cinematographer Style
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Corman's World
Rediscovering John Cazale
A Decade Under the Influence
Imaginary Witness
The Celluloid Closet
A Century of Cinema
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood
Double Dare
The Pixar Story
Waking Sleeping Beauty
It's All True
The Captains
Dreams on Spec
The Dialogue: David Goyer
Get Bruce!
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Reclaiming the Blade
Red Trousers – The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen

Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Documentary_films_about_the_film_industry

And:
 
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mandrean: I'm really enjoying going through the videos. About an hour so far (I watched a couple of the Kubrick ones first.). Thanks.
 
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refocusedmedia said:
These are all available on Netflix currently:
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Thanks, I checked up the ones I hadn't posted already, plus the Wikipedia list, and added the best ones about filmmaking to my list in the first post.

Gord.T said:
mandrean: I'm really enjoying going through the videos. About an hour so far (I watched a couple of the Kubrick ones first.). Thanks.
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Glad you enjoy them! Don't forget that I just post part1 when the docu is splitted up. You can find the additional parts for every documentary on YouTube/"related videos".


Added the following ones to the list:

These Amazing Shadows (2011)
American Movie (1999)A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
A Decade Under The Influence (2003)
A Century of Cinema (1994)
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995)
The Pixar Story (2007)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Dreams on Spec (2007)
The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter David Goyer (2006)
Reclaiming the Blade (2009)
Building Empire (2006)
Returning to Jedi (2007)
Star Wars Begins - The Complete Documentary (2011)
Raiding The Lost Ark: A Filmumentary By Jamie Benning (2012)
All The Love You Cannes!
Cinerama Adventure (2002)
Dream on Silly Dreamer (2005)
Histoire(s) du cinéma, (1988-1998)
Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film (1980)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1985)
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008)
My Voyage to Italy (1999)
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (1992)
The Man on Lincoln's Nose (2000)
In the tracks of Gabriel Yared (2006)
In the tracks of Maurice Jarre (2007)
In the tracks of Georges Delerue (2008)
Jackie Chan: My Stunts (1999)
Magia Russica (2004)
Official Rejection (2009)
Project Greenlight (2001, 2003, 2005)
 
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