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Restoring Time

2015 · 15 min

A quiet, affectionate look at the patient craft of saving old films, best for cinephiles who enjoy process and care.

Directed by: Andrew Amondson
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Wim Wenders, Laura Schmidt, Bernd Eichhorn

Overview: Documentary about the efforts to preserve and restore the films of German director Wim Wenders.

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Directed by: Andrew Amondson
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Wim Wenders, Laura Schmidt, Bernd Eichhorn

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
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Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
work
memory
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Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Andrew Amondson
Written by: Andrew Amondson
Starring: Wim Wenders, Laura Schmidt, Bernd Eichhorn, Monica Dörge, Wolf Bosse, Harald Roselius, Christine Fahrenbruch, Gemma Ray
Music: Rachel Holmshaw
Runtime: 15 min
Country: Germany
Languages: English

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