IMDb
6.2 /10
455 votes


Documentary · 2013 · 1h 20min
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.
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What Is Cinema? Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Documentary HD












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