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Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis(2016)
Status: Released
Date: 2016-08-21
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How, from the 1920s to the present day, the dream factory, through its private excesses and cinematic audacity, has provoked censorship and outwitted it. Featuring testimonials from filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and film historian Peter Biskind, and excerpts from Hawks' "Scarface," Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" and "Psycho," Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange," and Scorsese's "Taxi Driver."
Languages: French.
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Movie: Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis
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How, from the 1920s to the present day, the dream factory, through its private excesses and cinematic audacity, has provoked censorship and outwitted it. Featuring testimonials from filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and film historian Peter Biskind, and excerpts from Hawks' "Scarface," Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" and "Psycho," Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange," and Scorsese's "Taxi Driver."
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2016-08-21
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