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Directors: Norman Jewison
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This is the second edition of "Directors" that I've had the pleasure of taking a look at, and I enjoyed it just as much. Maybe they've simply picked interesting subjects, but these two documentaries put filmmakers on display who both talk and analyze their cinematic history in great depth. Praising and talking in detail about various actors but never simply sticking on "how goooood they are", the discussion from Norman Jewison goes through the joys and difficulties that he's had to face during his career as a filmmaker.
Jewison recently returned to the big screen to direct Denzel Washington in "The Hurricane", but this documentary takes us from his early films such as "In The Heat Of The Night" to a more recent picture, as the documentary takes a look at the production of Jewison's less-than-successful 1996 children's film, "Bogus". Actors such as Sylvester Stallone are interviewed, talking about their thoughts on the roles they played in Jewison's movies, as well as what it was like to work with the director.
As with the Sydney Pollack edition of "Directors" the picture quality is quite good, although the quality of some of the clips of older movies varies. The audio quality is fairly basic, but that's to be expected from a documentary feature like this. What's not to be expected, and what the Sydney Pollack edition failed at as well, is the extras section. Although the price for this series is fairly low, it would be nice to have a trailer or two (or three) for some of the films from each director. All we get here is a very basic filmography.
I keep going back to the basic idea, though, and that I really do like. A director going through his memories of joys and problems on their past productions for one hour is a very enjoyable offering and something I find fascinating. Again, although there are some faults to it, I recommend this edition of "Directors" as well.
Grade:B
This is the second edition of "Directors" that I've had the pleasure of taking a look at, and I enjoyed it just as much. Maybe they've simply picked interesting subjects, but these two documentaries put filmmakers on display who both talk and analyze their cinematic history in great depth. Praising and talking in detail about various actors but never simply sticking on "how goooood they are", the discussion from Norman Jewison goes through the joys and difficulties that he's had to face during his career as a filmmaker.
Jewison recently returned to the big screen to direct Denzel Washington in "The Hurricane", but this documentary takes us from his early films such as "In The Heat Of The Night" to a more recent picture, as the documentary takes a look at the production of Jewison's less-than-successful 1996 children's film, "Bogus". Actors such as Sylvester Stallone are interviewed, talking about their thoughts on the roles they played in Jewison's movies, as well as what it was like to work with the director.
As with the Sydney Pollack edition of "Directors" the picture quality is quite good, although the quality of some of the clips of older movies varies. The audio quality is fairly basic, but that's to be expected from a documentary feature like this. What's not to be expected, and what the Sydney Pollack edition failed at as well, is the extras section. Although the price for this series is fairly low, it would be nice to have a trailer or two (or three) for some of the films from each director. All we get here is a very basic filmography.
I keep going back to the basic idea, though, and that I really do like. A director going through his memories of joys and problems on their past productions for one hour is a very enjoyable offering and something I find fascinating. Again, although there are some faults to it, I recommend this edition of "Directors" as well.
Grade:B
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