The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't 2008

6.00

On the 35th anniversary of the release of the landmark film "The Godfather," (March 15, 1972) we look back at the time and place of the film's conception and shooting.

2008

The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka

The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka 2007

8.00

Documentary from the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ – about the costume designs of the film. Featured on the 2-Disc Collector's Edition and Blu-Ray DVDs for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), released in 2007.

2007

Heaven Adores You

Heaven Adores You 2014

6.90

Heaven Adores You is an intimate, meditative inquiry into the life and music of Elliott Smith. By threading the music of Elliott Smith through the dense, yet often isolating landscapes of the three major cities he lived in -- Portland, New York City, Los Angeles -- Heaven Adores You presents a visual journey and an earnest review of the singer's prolific songwriting and the impact it continues to have on fans, friends, and fellow musicians.

2014

Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'

Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather' 2008

6.50

We hear from Coppola, Spielberg, director of photography Gordon Willis, consulting restoration cinematographer Allen Daviau, film archivist Robert A. Harris, Paramount Post Production executive VP Martin Cohen, MPI senior technical advisor Daniel Rosen, MPI scanning technician Chris Gillaspie, senior digital artist Steven A. Sanchez, digital artist Valerie V. McMahon, and MPI technical director and senior colorist Jan Yarbrough as they offer interesting facts about the original cinematography, details on the restoration of the three films.

2008

Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film

Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film 2005

4.00

Famous comic book artist Stephen R. Bissette, creator of DC Comic Book character "The Swamp Thing" and co-creator of the comic character "Constantine" teaches film appreciation and the art of comic book illustration in rural Vermont. Bissette is a life-long fan of DANGER: DIABOLIK and in "From Fumetti to Film," Bissette gives us a guided tour of how, in his own words, DANGER: DIABOLIK was "...the best adaptation of comic book to feature film bar none." His concepts of how the apparent 2-dimensional world of comic book illustrations were faithfully, but imaginatively re-interpreted by director Mario Bava are enhanced with side by side comparisons of the original comic book images laid next to film clips. Other films and television adaptations of comic books in that era were less successful, according to Bissette.

2005