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2011 | B/N | 106 min

This is a 15-hour documentary history of innovation in the movies_back, filmed around the world during a period of more than six years. This exclusive feature-length extract, a Mexican premiere, looks at cinema in the 1970s. When people think of 70s movies_back they think of Scorsese, Coppola and Jaws, but here we travel to West Africa to discover master director Djibril Diop Mambety; to Japan to explore some of the greatest documentaries ever made; to Berlin to witness the New German Cinema; and to India to interview movie legend Amitabh Bachchan about one of the most influential films of all time, the epic Sholay.


Country: Reino Unido
Direction: Cousins; Mark
Script: Cousins; Mark
Production: Archer; John
Photography: Langer; Timo, Archer; John, Cousins; Mark
Music: Network; Audio
Cast:Bertolucci; Bernardo, Campion; Jane, Davies; Terence, Denis; Claire, Loach; Ken, Luhrmann; Baz, Neill; Sam, Van Sant; Gus, von Trier; Lars, Wenders; Wim, Kiarostami; Abbas, Muchos Más; Entre
Participation year at FICM: 2011

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