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Documentaries about other movies that you recommend?
  • Ive watched a couple of docs recently that are about other movies or movie makers, some the making of and some have another angle like NOT making them. Most were absolutely brilliant and very entertaining for me as an aspiring filmmaker. I was wondering if there are any others that people recommend?

    I have seen and recommend. Some you can find on Youtube.

    Stanley Kubrick: A life in pictures.

    Room 237 (about people ideas and meanings of The Shining)

    The Death of Superman Lives, What happened? (really fun due to Kevin Smith, about the aborted version of Superman directed by Tim Burton starting Nic Cage!)

    Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (really interesting...quite long)

    Yet to of watched but plan to:

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (making of Apocalypse now)

    Lost in La Mancha (Terry gilliam and an aborted movie of Don Quixote)

    Jodorowsky's Dune (again an unmade movie version of Dune, looks very interesting)

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  • Kubrick's Boxes (2008)
    Jon Ronson's documentary about Stanley Kubrick and the record of his research contained in a rather numerous collection of boxes. An interesting insight into Kubrick's process.