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2) Get Shorty
Pub. Date
2005, c1995
Description
Loanshark Chili Palmer has done his time as a gangster, so when "business" takes him to Los Angeles to collect a debt from down and out filmmakerHarry Zimm, he talks tough and then pitches Harry a script idea. Everything would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it were't for the drug smugglers and gangsters who won't leave him alone.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Mabel and Rosenthal are the two stars of a pretentious art-horror film directed by an unhinged tyrant who may or may not be German (he goes by 'Herr Director'). Mabel is playing a blind woman while Rosenthal, who has facial tumors caused by neurofibromatosis, is essentially playing a version of himself. Both their characters are part of a mad doctor's plot to 'cure' disabilities. But while Mabel can distance herself from her character, Rosenthal's...
7) Nine
Description
A film director going through a personal and professional crisis tries to overcome his problems with the help of the women in his life.
8) MIA Madre
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Description
A harried filmmaker tries to juggle the demands of her latest movie with a personal life in shambles. The star of her film, a bombastic American actor imported for the production, presents nothing but headaches and her crew is close to mutiny. Away from the shoot, Margherita tries to hold her life together as her mother's illness progresses and her teenage daughter grows ever more distant.
9) 3 extremes
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
A bracing anthology of horror stories uniting three of East Asia's most compelling directors : Miike Takashi's Box, Fruit Chan's Dumplings, and Park Chan-Wook's Cut.
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Superstar producer Peter Dragon builds his stellar career on the three pillars of show business--prostitution, nepotism, and dishonesty. Adding to that an ego as big as a Beverly Hills mansion, the aptly named Dragon and his cohorts manage to be politically incorrect, backstabbing, phony, petty, and ingeniously funny.
Pub. Date
2016
Description
There are over 4,000 film festivals around the world. Where would you go if your film was turned down by 3,999 of them?. When an obscure film festival is the last hope for failing producer (Dennis Hopper) and his "disaster" of a movie collide with the homespun innocence of small town America, neither will ever be the same. Nick will do anything to get his film distributed, including manipulating his dysfunctional cast into attending the festival where...
13) Nine
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
With only a week left before shooting begins on the filming of his latest movie, world famous film director Guido Contini is desperately searching for a way to overcome his creative block. Escaping to a seaside resort, he attempts to restore the equilibrium to his personal and professional existence by drawing inspiration from the women in his life.
14) Hitchcock
Description
"Plagued by both a reckless ego and nagging self-doubt, Hollywood legend Alfred Hitchcock ... becomes obsessed with a grisly murder story that the studios won't back. Determined, he risks his reputation, his home and even the love of his wife Alma ... as he sets out to make the film"--Container.
15) Ismael's ghosts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Twenty-one years ago, she ran away, And twenty-one years later, Carlotta is back from the void. But, Ismael has been busy rebuilding a life for himself with Sylvia and working on his next feature film. As Ismael's trials and tribulation unfurl, so too do those of his film's protagonist: idle, funny and reckless diplomat Ivan Dedalus. The character is a nod to the ghost of another of Desplechin's creations
17) All about us
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
When two filmmakers hit a brick wall in Hollywood, they set off for Mississippi to find Morgan Freeman and convince him to star in their next movie. When life gets in their way, they soon discover what matters to them most.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of Scotland's Loch Ness monster, they uncover much more than they bargained for. Unexplained sightings of the creature and chaos among the crew create an uneasy feeling that things aren't what they seem. But what really happened on the infamous lake remains a mystery. Poses the provocative question - where does myth end and reality begin?
19) Hollywood Ending
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Val Waxman is a one-time cinematic genius down on his luck. His ex-wife has managed to convince a high-powered studio head to take a chance on Val's "unique vision." Just when the cameras are ready to roll, he's struck with a psychosomatic case of blindness. When efforts to cure him fail, Val contrives a scheme to forge ahead with the picture, for fear of blowing his one last chance at greatness
20) Silent movie
Pub. Date
2006
Description
A has-been movie director (Mel Brooks) intends to make a comeback by making a silent movie, and in the process, save his film studio from a takeover by a New York-based conglomerate. The gags are written out in the form of intertitles.
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