Film On Film
Film on Film is all about making movies. Who makes them, how they make them, who's in them...and how did all this crazy light fantastic get started?
This is a great section for anyone interested film, it's beginnings, it's personalities, it's ups and downs and it's future. Look behind the red velvet curtain and discover the machine behind the screen.
Pictured: The tumultous life of film maker Ed Wood is explored in 'Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora'
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
8/10
Director: Ray Muller
Starring: Leni Riefenstahl
Despite her fame as an actress and director in the '20s and '30s, German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl will best be remembered as the creator of the mode... Read more
Marilyn: Portrait of a Legend (1992)
8/10
Starring: Marilyn Monroe
The definitive sex symbol of all time - Marilyn Monroe - continues to intrigue us. This documentary investigates her life from her turbulent childhoo... Read more
Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (1992)
7.8/10
Director: Arnold Glassman, Stuart Samuels, Todd McCarthy
Starring: Haskell Wexler, Vittorio Storaro, Michael Chapman
A fascinating tribute to the art of the cinematographer, from the silent era via the revolutionary deep focus of 'Citizen Kane' to some of the more ex... Read more
John Wayne Anthology (1991)
5.5/10
Starring: John Wayne
John Wayne, one of the screens most famous stars and an American hero, is given a thorough retrospective in this collection of clips from his most pop... Read more
Pleasures and Dangers (1991)
Director: Shirley Horrocks
Profiling six contemporary female artists, internationally successful in their fields of painting, photography, filmmaking and sculpture, this documen... Read more
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (Blu-ray) (1991)
8.1/10
Director: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper
Starring: Eleanor Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Sheen
Explore the riveting, behind-the-scenes making of Francis Ford Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now'. Based largely on original footage, shot by Eleanor Coppola,... Read more
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
8.2/10
Director: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper
Starring: Eleanor Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Sheen
Explore the riveting, behind-the-scenes making of Francis Ford Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now'. Based largely on original footage, shot by Eleanor Coppola,... Read more
Laurel & Hardy: Anthology (1990)
4.7/10
Starring: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel
Laurel and Hardy were hailed as "...the greatest comedy duo of all time...". Now, over half a century since their last film, 'Utopia', they are still... Read more
The Story of Elvis Presley (1990)
8/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Elvis Presley
Go back to where it all began. How the phenomenal career of Elvis Presley really got started. How Elvis started in show business, rare footage of his... Read more
Andy Kaufman - I'm From Hollywood (1989)
Director: Lynne Margulies
Starring: Andy Kaufman
Immortalised in the film 'Man on the Moon' (1999) starring Jim Carrey, Andy Kaufman was best known for his outrageous lampooning of wrestling culture... Read more