Cast and Crew of What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema?

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.

Full Cast of What Is Cinema?

Chantal Akerman as Self

Chantal Akerman

as Self
Robert Altman as Self

Robert Altman

as Self
David Lynch as Self

David Lynch

as Self

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, painter, visual artist, musician, and writer. Kno...

Costa-Gavras as Self

Costa-Gavras

as Self
Robert Bresson as Self

Robert Bresson

as Self
Rob Epstein as Self

Rob Epstein

as Self
Abbas Kiarostami as Self

Abbas Kiarostami

as Self
Mike Leigh as Self

Mike Leigh

as Self
Jonas Mekas as Self

Jonas Mekas

as Self
Michael Moore as Self

Michael Moore

as Self

Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author and liberal political commentator. He is the director and prod...

Yvonne Rainer as Self

Yvonne Rainer

as Self
Kelly Reichardt as Self

Kelly Reichardt

as Self

Kelly Reichardt (born March 3, 1964 in Miami, Florida) is an American film director and screenwriter. She is known fo...

Ken Jacobs as Self

Ken Jacobs

as Self
Bill Viola as Self

Bill Viola

as Self
Michael Winterbottom as Self

Michael Winterbottom

as Self
Akira Kurosawa as Self

Akira Kurosawa

as Self
James Franco as Self

James Franco

as Self

James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in 127 Hours (2010), he wa...

Alfred Hitchcock as Self

Alfred Hitchcock

as Self

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