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Sheffield DocFest · 2013

Sheffield DocFest 2013

Films On Film

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8 films · 4 reviews

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Aguirre: The Wrath Of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)

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Breathtakingly visual and epic in its ambitions.

Gary Duncan · 3.5 out of 5
Klaus Kinski plays a mad conquistador searching for El Dorado.

(Country: Germany; Year: 1972; Director: Werner Herzog; Writer: Werner Herzog; Stars: Klaus Kinski, Daniel Ades, Peter Berling, Ruy Guerra, Del Negro, Armando Polanah, Alejandro Repulles, Cecilia Rivera, Helena Rojo)

Apocalypse Now Redux (Apocalypse Now)

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Undoubtedly, a masterpiece, this three-and-a-half hour version puts body on the flesh of what was already a great movie.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
Coppola adds 50 mins and re-edits his classic Vietnam war movie, based on The Heart Of Darkness.

(Country: US; Year: 1979; Director: Francis Ford Coppola; Writer: John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola, narration by Michael Herr; Stars: Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Christian Marquand, Aurore Clement, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford)

The Exorcist (Director's Cut) (The Exorcist)

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At 12, Regan was a helpless child in 1973; in today's world we instinctively grant her more agency so the territory between self and demon becomes more obscure.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A mother fights to save her child, who may be possessed by a demon.

(Country: United States; Year: 1973; Director: William Friedkin; Writer: William Peter Blatty; Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max Von Sydow, Jason Miller, Lee j Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran)

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

Mark Kermode examines the hysterical cultural phenomenon of The Exorcist for this BBC 25th anniversary film.

(Country: United Kingdom; Year: 1998; Director: Nick Freand Jones)

Female Trouble

A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home to pursue her dreams, getting pregnant along the way.

(Country: US; Year: 1974; Director: John Waters; Writer: John Waters; Stars: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey)

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Documentary about the Apocalypse Now shoot.

(Country: United States; Year: 1991; Director: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola)

I Am Divine

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Does an impressive job of connecting with the man behind the myth.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A documentary about the film star, pop star and all round legend.

(Country: United States; Year: 2013; Director: Jeffrey Schwarz; Stars: John Waters, Ricki Lake, Tab Hunter, Divine, Bruce Vilanch, Mink Stole, David DeCoteau, Lisa Jane Persky, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce, Holly Woodlawn, David Lochary, Susan Lowe, Helen Hanft, Pat Moran)

My Best Fiend (Mein Liebster Fiend)

Herzog revisits his turbulent collaboration with Aguirre star Klaus Kinski.

(Country: Germany; Year: 1999; Director: Werner Herzog)