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Will Hindle
Filmmaker Bruce Baillie curated a Canyon Cinema program in 2005 dedicated to the work of Will Hindle (with whom he collaborated from time to time during the 1960s and early-1970s). For the occasion, Baillie (along with his daughter, Wind) made this short introductory film.Start your free trial to watch
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Holes in My Shoes
HOLES IN MY SHOES profiles the ultimate New Yorker, Jack Beers, and demonstrates the power and promise of the "American dream" through the artfully-told, inspirational story of his life. The stuff that urban legend is made of, Beers represents everything good about New York (and America itself). His story...Start your free trial to watch
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I Need That Record!
Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD!, a tour-de-force tale of greed, media consolidation, homogenized radio, big box stores, downloading and technological shifts in the music industry. Told through candid interviews, crestfallen record store owners, startling statistics and...Start your free trial to watch
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I Was a Teenage Movie Maker
From 1953 to 1969, Don Glut (best known for writing the best-selling novelization of the movie THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK) made amateur movies, most of them in the horror and science fiction genres. Shot on 16mm, these films, thanks to the coverage in magazines like "Famous Monsters of Filmland," became...Start your free trial to watch
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Identification of a Masterpiece
Produced by Michele De Angelis and Joyce Shen for the original NoShame U.S. home video release, IDENTIFICATION OF A MASTERPIECE revisits the making of STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR in a discussion with assistant director Francesco Maselli (along with a handful of film critics) that speaks to the genius of...Start your free trial to watch
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Ike and Tina
In the early 70's, legendary rock photographer Bob Gruen and his wife Nadya toured with Ike & Tina Turner and filmed them performing, on the road and behind the scenes. Now for the first time ever this footage is unveiled. This is a look inside a hardworking band as well as an iconic couple.Start your free trial to watch
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Imperial Japanese Dance
With the continued popularity of Gilbert and Sullivan's THE MIKADO (which debuted in 1885), Japanese dancing girls enjoyed a certain caché in New York's theatrical world. This film featuring the Sarashe Sisters was shown in Japan as NIPPON MAIKO NUNO SARASHI (JAPANESE DANCING MAIDENS WAVING STREAMERS....Start your free trial to watch
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In Search of Beethoven
IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great composer. Over sixty-five performances by the world's finest musicians were recorded and one-hundred interviews conducted in the making of this beautifully crafted film. It delves beneath the mythical image of...Start your free trial to watch
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In Search of Dracula
Moving easily between history, myth and fiction, IN SEARCH OF DRACULA turns up a trove of vampire lore. We get a taste for Transylvanian folkways, vampire bats, Vlad the Impaler’s bloody exploits, Greek Orthodox rites and, of course, Bram Stoker’s composition of the original novel. Here too are some of the...Start your free trial to watch
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In Search of Haydn
In his lifetime Haydn achieved a degree of fame that easily surpassed that of Mozart and Beethoven. IN SEARCH OF HAYDN is an intricate portrait of Haydn's life told through performances and interviews from today's most admired classical musicians. Shot entirely in HD, the film is a visual extravaganza as...Start your free trial to watch
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In Search of Mozart
Made to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, IN SEARCH OF MOZART is the first feature-length documentary on Mozart's life. Produced with the world's leading orchestras and musicians, told through a 25,000 mile journey along every route Mozart followed, this detective story takes us to the...Start your free trial to watch
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In Smog and Thunder
This devastatingly funny satire makes serious fun of traditional war documentaries, while taking aim at America's logo-crazed pop culture. In telling the saga of a fictitious Civil War between Los Angeles and San Francisco (Smogtown vs. Fogtown), the film lampoons the worldwide clash between Elitist New...Start your free trial to watch
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In the Mirror of Maya Deren
With IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN, documentary filmmaker Martina Kudlácek has fashioned not only fascinating portrait of a groundbreaking and influential artist but a pitch-perfect introduction to her strikingly beautiful and poetic body of work. Maya Deren is arguably the most important and innovative...Start your free trial to watch
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Independents
Twenty-four respected creators unveil the secrets of the artistic mind by talking abut their favorite medium, the lowest of the low-brow arts: comic books. From cave paintings dating back 35,000 years to the comics of today, sequential images have been used to tell magically influential stories. In examining an art form that...Start your free trial to watch
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Inferno
One of the great, unfinished works in film history, Henri-Georges Clouzot's INFERNO was an audaciously experimental film with a virtually unlimited budget that was stopped only three weeks into production. Working closely with Clouzot's widow, Inès, Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea reconstructs Clouzot's original vision,...Start your free trial to watch
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Intangible Asset no.82
After hearing a rare recording of Korean Shaman Kim Seok-Chul’s music, Australian drummer Simon Barker knew right away that he was listening to one of the world’s greatest improvisers. So unique, in fact, is the artistry of the Shaman that the Korean Government bestowed upon him the honorary title...Start your free trial to watch
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Introduction to the Holy Scrolls
THE HOLY SCROLLS was an eleven hour assemblage of Bruce Baillie's extraordinary later work, including the complete ROSLYN ROMANCE along with DAY ASHORE, THE CARDINAL'S VISIT and an assortment of other pieces (finished and unfinished) or, as Baillie himself described it, "hitherto unseen films" made since...Start your free trial to watch
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Isadora Duncan
This unsentimental portrait of the complex and charismatic "Mother of Modern Dance" traces the life and artistic development of San Francisco-born Isadora Duncan (1877-1927). Duncan raised dance from mere vaudeville entertainment to a legitimate art form, laying the foundation for today's modern dance. The first American...Start your free trial to watch