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Deauville Festival of American Cinema · 2017

Deauville Festival of American Cinema 2017

Uncle Sam's Docs

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7 films · 4 reviews

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78/52 (Hitchcock's Shower Scene 78/52)

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Essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the craft of filmmaking.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A documentary about the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Alexandre O Philippe; Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Guillermo del Toro, Danny Elfman, Leigh Whannell, Peter Bogdanovich, Oz Perkins, Neil Marshall, Karyn Kusama, Bret Easton Ellis, Richard Stanley, Walter Murch, Mali Elfman, Fred Raskin, Josh C Waller)

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Becoming Cary Grant

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An accomplished portrait that presents something much more human than we're used to in this context.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
The star's own words are used to tell his life story.

(Country: US, UK, France; Year: 2016; Director: Mark Kidel; Writer: Mark Kidel, Nick Ware; Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Judy Balaban, David Thomson, Barbara Jaynes, Mark Glancy)

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Clive Davis: The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

A look at the life and work of music producer Clive Davis.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Chris Perkel; Stars: Clive Davis)

Promised Land

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Eugene Jaracki)

The Reagan Show

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It's more an assortment of clips showing Reagan doing what Reagan did best, which was to project a sort of all-pervasive bonhomie through the camera lens.

Jane Fae · 2.5 out of 5
A documentary constructed entirely from clips of archive footage, exploring Ronald Reagan's media persona.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Pacho Velez, Sierra Pettengil; Writer: Josh Alexander, Pacho Velez, Francisco Bello; Stars: Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush)

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We Blew It

A documentary exploring what those who lived in America's Golden Age think of its recent cultural changes.

(Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Jean-Baptiste Thoret; Writer: Jean-Baptiste Thoret; Stars: Michael Mann, Peter Bogdanovich, Tobe Hooper, Paul Schrader, Fred Williamson, Peter Hyams, Ronee Blakley)