Gillo Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
The Battle of Algiers • 37m
Presented by the late literary critic Edward Said, this 1992 documentary reflects on director Gillo Pontecorvo’s youth and politics in an attempt to understand his approach to filmmaking.
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Observations on Film Art No. 36
Ennio Morricone is perhaps the preeminent film composer of the last half century, an enormously influential artist whose iconic melodies and imaginative orchestrations grace some of the greatest films ever made. In this edition of Observations on Film Art, Profess...
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Morricone on Morricone
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