Great Directors
- Director: Angela Ismailos
- Writer: Angela Ismailos
- Producer: Angela Ismailos, Patricia Romeu, Emma Segal, Mamta Trivedi
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Great Directors, directed by Angela Ismailos, features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. The film documents Ismailos' voyage of discovering the creative personalities behind the camera. She explores the filmmakers' artistic evolution and personal identity, the role of politics and history on their work, and the agony and dilemmas in the creative process. It also examines the challenges of being an artist in an age of commercialism and globalization. The film traces the influence of cinematic movements and iconic directors on these directors' work-from the role of Neo-Realism in Bertolucci's evolution to the influence of Federico Fellini on David Lynch, Ingmar Bergman on Catherine Breillat and Rainer Werner Fassbinder on Todd Haynes.
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Cast & Characters
Bernardo Bertolucci ... Self
Catherine Breillat ... Self
Liliana Cavani ... Self
Stephen Frears ... Self
Todd Haynes ... Self
Angela Ismailos ... Self
Richard Linklater ... Self
Ken Loach ... Self
David Lynch ... Self
John Sayles ... Self
Agnès Varda ... Self
Dana Waters ... Self
Charlotte Alexandra ... Alice Bonnard (clip from Une vraie jeune fille (1976)) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harriet Andersson ... Anne (clip from Gycklarnas afton (1953)) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeanne Bates ... Mrs. X (clip from Eraserhead (1977)) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Belmondo ... Michele Di Libero (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dirk Bogarde ... Max (clip from Il portiere di notte (1974)) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nell Campbell ... Columbia - A Groupie (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Amie Carey ... Sooze (clip from SubUrbia (1996)) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Margit Carstensen ... Margot (clip from Angst vor der Angst (TV)) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Amira Casar ... The woman (clip from Anatomie de l'enfer (2004)) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Franco Citti ... Vittorio 'Accattone' Cataldi (clip from Accattone (1961)) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jacques Demy ... Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder ... Self (clip from Chambre 666 (TV)) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eddra Gale ... La Saraghina (clip from 8½ (1963)) (archive footage) (uncredited)