A full-length documentary on von Stroheim's life and career, The Man You Loved To Hate blends revealing interviews, rare photographs, and clips from von Stroheim's legendary and lesser-known works to create a fascinating tribute to one of American cinema's most complex artists. Written by Richard Koszarski with music by Herbert Deutsch.
"It’s a black-and-white record of European cities in the dark (2-5am), from Basle to Belfast. Quiet, and meditative, what emerges most strongly is an eerie sense of city landscapes as deserted film sets, in which the desolate architecture overwhelms any sense of reality. The only reassurance that we are not in some endless machine-Metropolis is the shadow of daytime activity: a...
Great!, 12 August 2002
Author: André Grisell
This movie was rated 8th in a ballot of the best Swedish films ever made, and I can understand it. Although nowadays a little aged, the intensity and nearness to the ones involved is universal and panchronical. The film bears a witness of how the society is unable to cope with the less well-off. The humanity is overwhelming. As assas...
Jocelyne Saab, jeune journaliste et réalisatrice libanaise, interviewe le réalisateur et l’équipe du film pendant le tournage de Nahla, à Beyrouth.
Le portrait du théoricien du cinéma Serge Daney réalisé par Gérard Courant le 14 juillet 1979 à Paris (France) (silencieux).
Serge Daney's portrait by Gérard Courant (1979 - silent).