Peter Becker Movies
- 2019
Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'
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In this interview, shot by the Criterion Collection in 2018, Ron Briley, author of 'The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan: The Politics of the...
- 2017
Hawks on Hawks
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This ten-minute segment, heralded as part of a new shorts program, is composed of excerpts from a 1972 audio conversation between Hawks and Peter...
- 2014
Between Horror, Fear, and Beauty
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Crew members recount the production of the 1961 gothic film The Innocents.
- 2013
Giving Up the Ghost
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A visual essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.
- 2007
Life as a Dream
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Fim scholar Vida T. Johnson, co-author of 'The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue, discusses the significance of 'Ivan's Childhood' in...
- 2016
A Beautiful Demon: Kazuo Koike on 'Lady Snowblood'
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In this interview, conducted in 2015, prolific author Kazuo Koike talks about his original LADY SNOWBLOOD manga.
- 2016
Coming to America: Jan Troell on 'The Emigrants' and 'The New Land'
Coming to America: Jan Troell on 'The Emigrants' and 'The New Land'02016HD
An interview with director Jan Troell, conducted by critic Peter Cowie, on his epic Oscar-nominated masterpieces, The Emigrants (1971) and The New...
- 2006
Fellini's Homecoming
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A documentary created by the Criterion Collection for their release of Italian film director Federico Fellini's Amarcord about his relationship with...
- 2005
Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa
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An featurette with George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola looking back on their experience working alongside iconic filmmaker Akira Kurosawa on...
- 2018
Dietrich Icon
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Film scholars Mary Desjardins, Amy Lawrence, and Patricia White consider the collaboration between Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg, as well...
- 2006
Men of Mystery
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Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")
- 1970
Projection/Admiration
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Charli contemplates the messiness of the ethics in filmmaking and collaboration.
- 1970
Miles Goes Modal
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In 2006, jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis and critic Gary Giddins discuss the iconic Miles Davis and the critical time in his career when the score for...
- 2013
Caroline Champetier and Arnaud Desplechin: A Conversation about 'Shoah'
Caroline Champetier and Arnaud Desplechin: A Conversation about 'Shoah'02013HD
An interview about 'Shoah' featuring Caroline Champetier, who did assistant camera work on the film, and Arnaud Desplechin.
- 2019
Jay Cocks and Farran Smith Nehme on 'The Heiress'
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In this 2018 Criterion Collection program, screenwriter Jay Cocks and film critic Farran Smith Nehme discuss the adaptation for the film version of...