Peter Becker Movies

  • 2006
    Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'

    Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'

    Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'

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    A new documentary on director Nobuo Nakagawa and the making of the film, Jigoku. Featuring exclusive interview with Nakagawa collaborators.

    Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'
  • 2022
    Reflecting On Take Out

    Reflecting On Take Out

    Reflecting On Take Out

    02022HD

    In this new documentary, produced by the Criterion Collection in 2022, directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou and actors Charles Jang, Wang-Thye...

    Reflecting On Take Out
  • 2004
    Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers

    Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers

    Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers

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    To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, we revisited our edit of the film and interviews with director Gillo Pontecorvo and...

    Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
  • 2019
    On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime

    On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime

    On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime

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    A collection of excerpted on-screen interviews with fifteen of the Apollo astronauts.

    On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime
  • 2016
    Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes

    Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes

    Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes

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    Historian Andrew Cohen discusses Robert Drew's 1963 documentary Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment.

    Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes
  • 2009
    Masahiro Shinoda on 'The Human Condition'

    Masahiro Shinoda on 'The Human Condition'

    Masahiro Shinoda on 'The Human Condition'

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    In this video appreciation, created in 2009, we present filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda’s observations on THE HUMAN CONDITION and director Masaki...

    Masahiro Shinoda on 'The Human Condition'
  • 2022
    A Visit to the Pixar Living Archive

    A Visit to the Pixar Living Archive

    A Visit to the Pixar Living Archive

    02022HD

    A tour through the vaults of Pixar. WALL-E writer-director Andrew Stanton unearths a few treasures, including his sketchbook, concept art, visual gag...

    A Visit to the Pixar Living Archive
  • 2020
    Uncovering The Naked City

    Uncovering The Naked City

    Uncovering The Naked City

    02020HD

    In this short documentary and personal essay, Bruce Goldstein, founder of Rialto Pictures and repertory director at New York’s FIlm Forum,...

    Uncovering The Naked City
  • 2011
    James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice

    James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice

    James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice

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    A new documentary on Brooks’s career in television and film, featuring actresses Marilu Henner and Julie Kavner, among other collaborators.

    James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice
  • 2006
    Men of Mystery

    Men of Mystery

    Men of Mystery

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    Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")

    Men of Mystery
  • 2019
    Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'

    Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'

    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...

    Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'
  • 2022
    Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E

    Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E

    Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E

    02022HD

    In this program, created for the Criterion Collection in 2022, writer-director Andrew Stanton explores the films that inspired his approach to...

    Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E
  • 2007
    Working with De Sica

    Working with De Sica

    Working with De Sica

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    This short documentary features interviews with film scholar Callisto Cosulich, BICYCLE THIEVES coscreenwriter Suso Cecchi d’Amico, and actor...

    Working with De Sica
  • 2019
    In Full Swing

    In Full Swing

    In Full Swing

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    A documentary on the making of the 1936 film Swing Time, featuring interviews with jazz and film critic Gary Giddens, dance critic Brian Seibert, and...

    In Full Swing
  • 2005
    Dreams and Burdens

    Dreams and Burdens

    Dreams and Burdens

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    A retrospective interview with director Werner Herzog.

    Dreams and Burdens
  • 2019
    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

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    Laura Truffaut shares her memories of her legendary filmmaker father.

    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
  • 2020
    Miranda July: Where it Began

    Miranda July: Where it Began

    Miranda July: Where it Began

    02020HD

    In this documentary, produced in 2019, director Miranda July and filmmaker Lena Dunham explore July’s beginnings, including her early work as a...

    Miranda July: Where it Began
  • 2018
    Homay King on 'Shanghai Express'

    Homay King on 'Shanghai Express'

    Homay King on 'Shanghai Express'

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    Film scholar Homay King discusses director Josef von Sternberg's cinematic China and the role of star Anna May Wong in 'Shanghai Express'.

    Homay King on 'Shanghai Express'
  • 2010
    The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'

    The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'

    The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'

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    A making of documentary on "The Darjeeling Limited".

    The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
  • 2009
    CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution

    CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution

    CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution

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    CHE was the first feature to use the Red camera, which Soderbergh embraced for its versatility and image quality. This short 2009 documentary looks...

    CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution