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What's the best "behind the scenes" or filming making documentaries (apart from "Heart of Darkness")
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  • johnbrawleyjohnbrawley

    Not really making of's...more doco's on filmmaking specifically....

    American Movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181288/

    Demon Lover Diary (brilliant) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206681/

    Making Venus (Australian and very good) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325774/

    One of the best films i've seen about the CREATIVE process as opposed to the mechanical logistical is Lars Von Triers "The 5 Obstructions" - Incredibly inspiring. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354575/

    There was also a good film that Kubricks wife made on The Shining. Can't recall the name but that was also very good.

    The problem I have with a lot of "Making of"s on special features is they are usually re-packaged EPK stuff and that's fine, but you never see them overcoming REAL LIFE problems.

    jb

  • MacalincagMacalincag

    @johnbrawley

    American Movie

    This one's great and very entertaining to say the least.

    There was also a good film that Kubricks wife made on The Shining. Can't recall the name but that was also very good.

    Vivian Kubrick's Making 'The Shining'

  • MacalincagMacalincag

    That Moment: Magnolia Diary

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5051914606876826421

  • matthewcarrmatthewcarr

    @Macalincag Thanks for that!

  • AlbertZAlbertZ

    other interesting BTS / making of:

    • The Making of "Rosemary's Baby", short doc but very useful

    • Jodorowsky's Dune: a 2014 doc about Jodorowsky's unfinished project, showing the preproduction of this legendary film

    And now a bit of Italian Cinema:

    • "Zoom su Federico Fellini" di Sergio Zavoli.1965 (44 minutes) This doc in particular is impressive, a rare black and white material showing Fellini directing his film "Juliets of the Spirits". Hard to find with English subtitles...

    • Fellini towards the Moon by Eugenio Cappuccio, : It is the making of Fellini's last film "The voice of the moon". It is freely available on vimeo on Eugenio Cappuccio's account, you can watch here, Cappuccio has realized a wonderful doc for the Fellinian community in the world

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