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Documentaries like Side by Side

Not everyone loves Side by Side for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Side by Side

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  1. You care about how every frame is shot.

  2. You like hearing Nolan, Lynch and Scorsese argue film versus digital.

  3. You want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film2001

    • you care about how every frame is shot
    • you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did

    Good for you if you want to know the man behind the legend from people who knew him.

  • The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing2004

    • you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did

    Good for you if you like hearing real editors like Thelma Schoonmaker explain cuts you never noticed.

  • The Celluloid Closet1996

    • you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did

    Good for you if you want actors and writers telling what was hidden in plain sight.

  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse1991

    • you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did

    Good for you if you like seeing how a famous film almost never got made.

  • Disclosure2020

    • you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did

    Good for you if you want trans people telling their own story of growing up with Hollywood.

  • The Pixar Story2007

    • you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did

    Good for you if you like the true story of how a small studio changed animation.

  • 78/522017

    • you care about how every frame is shot

    Good for you if you like seeing how a single scene is built shot by shot.

  • Memory: The Origins of Alien2019

    • you care about how every frame is shot
    • you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did

    Good for you if you like studying the art of H.R. Giger and Francis Bacon.

  • Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream2006

    • you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did

    Good for you if you want the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual.

  • Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy2004

    • you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did

    Good for you if you like hearing George Lucas and his cast tell how Star Wars was made.

  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014

    • you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did

    Good for you if you like true stories about how movies really get made.

  • They'll Love Me When I'm Dead2018

    • you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did

    Good for you if you want the real story behind a film shot over years and left unfinished.

  • Hitchcock/Truffaut2015

    • hearing Nolan, Lynch and Scorsese argue film versus digital

    Good for you if you like two directors talking shop about how a scene works.

  • Stutz2022

    • hearing Nolan, Lynch and Scorsese argue film versus digital

    Good for you if you like long, honest conversations about how to live.

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