At the beginning of the 1960s, when the French pioneers of cinéma vérité set out to achieve a new realism, and when direct cinema in Québec began to vie for notice, the Baltics wit-nessed the birth of a generation of documentarists who favored a more romantic view of the world around them. This meditative documentary essay – from a Latvian writer and Lithuanian director whose composed touch has long dovetailed with the stylistically diverse works of the Baltic New Wave – pushes adroitly past the limits of the common his-toriographic investigation to create a portrait of less-clearly remembered filmmakers. The result is a consummate poetic treatment of the ontology of documentary creation. Also a cinematic poem about cinema poets.
Cinema Paradiso
Drama, Romance
8.5
Citizen Kane
Mystery, Drama
8.0
Blade Runner
Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller
7.9
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama, Crime
8.7
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
Forrest Gump
Comedy, Drama, Romance
8.5
Inception
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
8.4
The Hurt Locker
Drama, Thriller, War
7.3
The Godfather
Drama, Crime
8.7
Ghostbusters
Comedy, Fantasy
7.5
Get Out
Mystery, Thriller, Horror
7.6
Interstellar
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
8.4
Pulp Fiction
Thriller, Crime
8.5
Avatar
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
7.6
Spirited Away
Animation, Family, Fantasy
8.5
Drive
Drama, Thriller, Crime
7.6
Return of the Jedi
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
7.9
Life of Pi
Adventure, Drama
7.4
The Matrix
Action, Science Fiction
8.2
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Comedy, Drama
8.1
Passion Fanny Ardant
Documentary, History, TV Movie
8.0
Cinema in Russia
Documentary, History
4.0
The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite
Documentary, History
6.4
Le Grand Méliès
Documentary
6.7
Rojo Sangre: 10 años a puro género
Documentary
0.0
Deep Throat: When Porn Makes Its Premiere
Documentary, History, TV Movie
6.5
Film Spa
Documentary
0.0
Casablanca revisitada
Documentary, History
0.0
Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum
Documentary, TV Movie
0.0
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Documentary
8.0
¡Ay, Carmen!
Documentary
4.5
Alice Guy's Dream
Documentary
0.0
Cold Lands
Documentary
0.0
Exhuming London After Midnight
Documentary
0.0
Lumière!
Documentary, History
8.0
El joven Berlanga
Documentary, History
6.5
A Personal Journey Through Cinema History with Thomas Pollock
Documentary, History
6.0
Cinema Novo
Documentary, History
6.7
Hedy Lamarr: The Invention of a Star
Documentary
4.0
Talking About Trees
Documentary
7.0