Overview
Plot
A documentary about seventeen maverick directors who broke filmmaking rules to advance their art, including D.W. Griffith, Josef von Sternberg, Erich von Stroheim, Preston Sturges, David Lynch, Robert Altman, and Martin Scorsese.
- Directors
- Florence Dauman, Dale Ann Stieber
- Cast
- Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, David Lynch, Gena Rowlands, Alan Rudolph, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese
- Country
- Japan, United States of America
- Genre
- Documentary
- Release date
- 1990-09-07
Plot
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This documentary profiles seventeen directors who defied convention to push the boundaries of cinema. It spans classic Hollywood figures such as D.W. Griffith, Josef von Sternberg, Erich von Stroheim, and Preston Sturges, as well as contemporary filmmakers like David Lynch, Robert Altman, and Martin Scorsese.
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