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Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star

2020

A thoughtful, admiring portrait that moves briskly through a legendary career, mixing archive clips with warm interviews and a lingering sense of a guarded, contradictory artist.

Overview
Al Pacino is a mystery. He is fire and ice at the same time. His attraction is animalistic, his looks frightening. From the ghetto of the Bronx in New York he has made it onto the big stage – from Broadway to Hollywood. As Michael Corleone in "The Godfather" he celebrated his big breakthrough at the beginning of the 70s – against much resistance, because apart from director Francis Coppola himself nobody wants him for the role. His realistic acting became the measure of all things overnight.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • identity
  • ambition
  • celebrity
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Lukas Hoffmann
Starring
Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Jerry Schatzberg, Lawrence Grobel, Mónica del Castillo
Country
Germany
Languages
English

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