Meredith Monk: Inner Voice (2009)

Actors: Trix van Alphen (miscellaneous crew), Chris Teerink (editor), Meredith Monk (actress), Meredith Monk (composer), Meredith Monk (actress), Babeth M. VanLoo (director), Babeth M. VanLoo (producer), Allison Sniffin (actress), Theo Bleckmann (actor), Ann Hamilton (actress), Theo Bleckmann (actor), Allison Sniffin (actress), Katie Geissinger (actress),

Plot: Meredith Monk has alternately been proclaimed as a 'magician of the voice' and 'one of America's coolest composers.' During a career that spans more than 40 years, Monk has been acclaimed by audiences and critics as a major creative force in the performing arts. In the film Inner Voice, we follow Monk during the process of making her latest piece, Songs of Ascension, at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and at Ann Hamilton's Tower in California. We observe how Monk's productions are shaped, beginning with her initial work in solitude continuing on to the rehearsal process where she further develops her musical and choreographic forms with her Ensemble members. In Monk's work, this is an ongoing process. Even at the performance stage, Monk continues to transform the work by striving for a balance between discipline and freedom; and an openness to change. Inner Voice sets out to locate the motivation and source of Monk's creative force. There are no ready made answers.

Aston 'Family Mon' Barrett and the Wailers (2008)

Actors: Aston Barrett (actor), Aston Barrett (actor), Aston Barrett (actor), Aston Barrett (composer), Duke Burgeone (director), Jack J. Froust (writer),

Betty Freeman: A Life for the Unknown (2005)

Actors: Peter Sellars (actor), Robert Wilson (actor), Steve Reich (composer), Steve Reich (actor), Marco Capalbo (editor), Pierre Boulez (actor), Paul Fenkart (director), Bernhard Fleischer (producer), Esa-Pekka Salonen (actor), Gerard Mortier (actor), Harrison Birtwistle (actor), Markus Hinterhaeuser (actor), Frank Stadler (actor), Helmut Lachenmann (composer), Helmut Lachenmann (actor),

Plot: This documentary shows the life of Betty Freeman who is probably one of the most influential patrons of contemporary music. Since she began to give financial assistance to composers and performers of contemporary music in 1964, she has given a total of 413 grants and commissions for living expenses, compositions, recordings, performances, librettos etc. to 81 artists. Among these artists, who could not have created the works they are known for without the patronage of Betty Freeman, are as famous artists as John Cage, Steve Reich, Robert Wilson and Peter Sellars and also younger composers as the Austrian Olga Neuwirth and the Swiss Hans Peter Kyburz for example. During the era of Gerard Mortier and Hans Landesmann as directors of the Salzburg Festival Betty Freeman gave money for commissioning compositions and paid for entire productions such as for "L'Amour de Loin" by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. Betty Freeman maintains strong personal relations to artists whom she supports and is therefore an important witness of the development of contemporary music. The documentary contains interviews with music- and arts-people whom she is in touch with and sequences of the music and productions which were made possible by her generosity, staged especially for this film.

Cinemaker (2004)

Actors: Lloyd Kaufman (actor), William Lustig (actor), Stuart Gordon (actor), Charles Band (actor), Kent Hamilton (actor), Stan Lee (actor), Richard Band (actor), Donald F. Glut (actor), John Carpenter (actor), Roger Corman (actor), Peter Cushing (actor), Charles Band (actor), Ron Ford (actor), C. Courtney Joyner (actor), Ted Newsom (actor),

Plot: Four one-hour DVD documentaries giving practical details of pre-production and planning, production, post-production and marketing, narrated by Charles Band, whose companies have produced and relased nearly 200 successful features. Also included is a CD ROM guide to film festivals, budget forms, sample scripts, etc., and a sample screenplay and complete feature film, "Blood Dolls." Experienced producers, directors and technicians share the secrets of making quality films on low budgets.

Hledání Janácka (2003)

Actors: Jan Hartl (actor), Ilona Svobodová (actress), Hanus Bor (actor), Zuzana Vejvodová (actress), Petr Kanka (writer), Petr Kanka (director), Leos Janácek (actor), Frantisek Karoch (producer), Petr Nezval (producer),

Opening Night (2002)

Actors: Bridget Durnford (editor), Bruce Leitl (composer), Julie Trimingham (writer), Anne-Marie Égré (actress), Julie Trimingham (director), Ric Kokotovich (producer), Fides Krucker (actress), Emma Greenstreet (costume designer), Richard Armstrong (actor),

Retour au baroque (1993)

Actors: Pier Luigi Pizzi (actor), Peter Sellars (actor), Marilyn Horne (actress), Takis Candilis (producer), William Christie (actor), Valerie Masterson (actress), Gwyneth Jones (actress), Annick Ouvrard (producer), Nicolas Rivenq (actor), Nicolas Rivenq (actor), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (actor), Ann Murray (actress), Jon Vickers (actor), Luciano Berio (actor), Claron McFadden (actress),

Retour au baroque (1993)

Actors: Pier Luigi Pizzi (actor), Peter Sellars (actor), Marilyn Horne (actress), Takis Candilis (producer), William Christie (actor), Valerie Masterson (actress), Gwyneth Jones (actress), Annick Ouvrard (producer), Nicolas Rivenq (actor), Nicolas Rivenq (actor), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (actor), Ann Murray (actress), Jon Vickers (actor), Luciano Berio (actor), Claron McFadden (actress),

Golos (1982)

Actors: Tatyana Kravchenko (actress), Vsevolod Shilovsky (actor), Petr Shelokhonov (actor), Tatyana Dogileva (actress), Nina Usatova (actress), Mikhail Gluzskiy (actor), Elena Safonova (actress), Igor Yefimov (actor), Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina (actress), Sergey Bekhterev (actor), Natalya Sayko (actress), Marina Yurasova (actress), Nikolai Karetnikov (composer), Leonid Filatov (actor), Sergey Snezhkin (actor),

Plot: A film-in-film story of a star actress Julia Martynova (Sayko), who is suddenly hospitalized with terminal illness in the middle of a film production. She makes trips from hospital to studio for voice-over (dubbing) for her character. But the illness brought dramatic changes to her personality and voice, and she finds herself becoming a different person from who she was at the beginning of filming. Crew members are helping her in every possible way, and her voice brings a new dimension to the film.

Footlight Serenade (1942)

Actors: Wilbur Mack (actor), Victor Mature (actor), Eugene Borden (actor), Harry Barris (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Russ Clark (actor), Frank Coghlan Jr. (actor), James Craven (actor), John Dilson (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), James Gleason (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Mike Lally (actor), Perc Launders (actor), Pat McKee (actor),

Plot: Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts paying attention to beautiful chorus girl Pat Lambert. Pat's boyfriend Bill Smith isn't impressed with Tommy even though Tommy gets him a boxing part in the show. When Tommy finds out that Pat and Bill were secretly together the night before the show opens, he angrily plans to turn the boxing scene with Bill into a real bout.

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