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La macchina cinema

1979 · 1 season

A dry, essayistic documentary that asks you to think about cinema and its casualties rather than feel for them.

Genres
Documentary
Overview
A critique of cineastes and cinephiles, including a once famous actress reduced to poverty and a man who fails miserably at running a film society with no money.
How it feels
Measured and demanding.
About
Art, class, obsession, isolation
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight5

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Created by
    Marco Bellocchio, Sandro Petraglia, Silvano Agosti, Stefano Rulli
    Written by
    Marco Bellocchio
    Starring
    Marco Bellocchio, Sandro Petraglia, Silvano Agosti, Stefano Rulli, Gérard Depardieu, Monica Vitti, Alberto Sordi
    Cinematography
    Tonino Nardi
    Length
    1 seasons, 5 episodes
    Country
    Italy
    Languages
    Italian

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