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Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
, 1h52Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors Joe Pesci, Christian Slater, Victoria Abril, Jason Beghe, John Cothran, Jr., James Pickens Jr.
Jimmy Alto (Pesci) is a failing actor living in Los Angeles. After increasing frustration with his career going nowhere and with crime in the city, Jimmy, along with his "spaced-out" best friend William (Slater), decides to take the law into his own hands.
Wrong Is Right (1982)
, 1h57Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Monde imaginaire, Films about television, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Sean Connery, Katharine Ross, Robert Conrad, John Saxon, Henry Silva, Leslie Nielsen
In the near future, violence has become something of a national sport and television news has fallen to tabloid depths. Patrick Hale (Sean Connery), a globe-trotting reporter with access to a staggering array of world leaders, has ventured to the Arab country of Hegreb to interview his old acquaintance, King Ibn Awad (Ron Moody).
Actresses (2009)
, 1h44Directed by Lee Jae-yong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Themes Films about television
Actors Youn Yuh-jung, Lee Mi-sook, Go Hyun-jung, Choi Ji-woo, Kim Min-hee, Kim Min-hee
Six actresses — Youn Yuh-jung, Lee Mi-sook, Go Hyun-jung, Choi Ji-woo, Kim Min-hee and Kim Ok-bin, each portraying themselves — come together for a Vogue Korea magazine photo shoot at a studio in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul on Christmas Eve, resulting in a clash of egos between individuals not used to sharing the limelight.
The Bad and the Beautiful (1953)
, 1h58Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about television
Actors Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame
In Hollywood, screenwriter James Lee Bartlow (Dick Powell), movie star Georgia Lorrison (Lana Turner), and director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan) each refuse to speak by phone to Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) in Paris. Movie producer Harry Pebbel (Walter Pidgeon) gathers them in his office and explains that Shields was calling them because he has a new film idea and he wants the three of them for the project. Shields cannot get financing on his own, but with their names attached, there would be no problem. Pebbel asks the three to allow him to get Shields on the phone before they give their final answer.
The Card Player (2004)
, 1h43Directed by Dario Argento
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about films, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Serial killer films
Actors Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Silvio Muccino, Claudio Santamaria, Adalberto Maria Merli, Fiore Argento
The film centers around a serial killer known as "The Card Player", who is kidnapping young women in Rome. Using a webcam set-up, the killer challenges the police by forcing them to play hands of Internet poker. If the police lose, the kidnapped victim is tortured and murdered on-screen. When a British tourist is among the girls murdered, policeman John Brennan (Cunningham) is assigned the case and quickly teams up with Italian detective Anna Mari (Rocca). The duo have their work cut out for them when the Police Chief's daughter (Argento) becomes the killer's latest kidnapping victim.
Reality (2012)
, 1h55Directed by Matteo Garrone
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about television, La téléréalité, Films about psychiatry
Actors Claudia Gerini, Ciro Petrone, Nando Paone, Paola Minaccioni
Grande Fratello (Big Brother) is a reality television program about boys who live in a fictional house with their day to day actions filmed and broadcast. Luciano, a young fishmonger married with children who lives in Naples, is attracted to this show that is famous in Italy. The program is superficial and silly but well-liked by the public, especially Luciano, the protagonist of the film. After a festive and vulgar marriage between relatives, Luciano returns to his poor life selling fish in the city. Luciano's friends, who are ignorant and dishonest, decide to persuade Luciano to audition for a part as one of the boys in Big Brother. Naively, Luciano is convinced and decides to go to Cinecittà in Rome to audition. At the audition the committee finds Luciano pleasant, though insignificant, and the assistant director dismisses him, saying he will be contacted if selected for the program. However, when Luciano returns to his neighborhood in Naples, he begins going crazy while waiting to hear from the assistant director. He believes he is being watched by hidden cameras from the television program he loves so much and is really happy about them. Luciano believes that appearing generous will win him the part on Big Brother, so he begins to give small gifts to the poor of the city, then spends large amounts of money giving away more expensive items, such as furniture, from his house! His wife and other relatives despair and believe that Luciano is out of his mind. His wife is especially worried and bursts into tears when she meets a friend of Luciano. She asks him why her husband has become so strange and, although he feels a deep sorrow for Luciano's tearful wife, he does not know how to answer. Luciano continues to get worse and is seen laughing for no reason. Finally, he makes a pilgrimage to Rome, and becomes obsessed with studying for his part in Big Brother, which is now his only reason for living.
Looker (1981)
, 1h33Directed by Michael Crichton
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Films about computing, Films about suicide, Films about television, Films set in the future
Actors Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey, Leigh Taylor-Young, Terri Welles, Dorian Harewood
Dr. Larry Roberts (Albert Finney), a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, is puzzled when four beautiful models working in television commercials request cosmetic surgery to make changes so minor as to be imperceptible to the naked eye. When these models later start dying under mysterious circumstances, he discovers they are all linked to the same advertisement research firm.
Jeanne Eagels (1957)
, 1h48Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Charles Drake, Agnes Moorehead, Larry Gates, Virginia Grey
Jeanne Eagels is a Kansas City waitress. After losing a carnival's beauty contest, she asks carny owner Sal Satori for a job. Her dancing in a skimpy costume is accused of being obscene. Sal decides to join his brother in New York and invites Jeanne to join them in an amusement park at Coney Island.
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
, 1h34Directed by Mike Sarne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Raquel Welch, Mae West, John Huston, Farrah Fawcett, Rex Reed, Roger C. Carmel
Myron Breckinridge, étudiant en cinématographie, va en Europe pour y subir une opération de changement de sexe ; revenu en Amérique il se fait appeler Myra et part pour Hollywood. Une fois là-bas il cherche à prendre sa revanche des torts qu'on lui a faits et dont il se souvient, et il le fait avec une astuce toute féminine.
Waiting for Guffman (1997)
, 1h24Directed by Christopher Guest
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about television
Actors Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Bob Balaban
In the fictional small town of Blaine, Missouri, a handful of utterly delusional residents prepare to put on a community theater production led by eccentric director Corky St. Clair (Christopher Guest). The show, a musical chronicling the town's history titled Red, White and Blaine, is to be performed as part of the town's 150th anniversary celebration.
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
, 2h12Directed by Tim Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about television, Political films
Actors Hank Azaria, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Cary Elwes, Rubén Blades, Angus Macfadyen
The film begins with a long tracking shot focusing on a destitute young woman named Olive Stanton (Emily Watson). She is sleeping illegally in a theater, being awakened and kicked out. The shot continues as she slowly walks down the street following the sound of the song Nickel Under My Foot. When she arrives at the source of the music, the camera pans up the side of the building and moves inside where we are introduced to the playwright Marc Blitzstein (Hank Azaria), who is attempting to write the songs and put together the musical The Cradle Will Rock. Acting as Blitzstein’s conscience/mentors are a vision of his deceased wife and, later, an imaginary Bertolt Brecht. Brecht was a radical playwright who stressed the importance of breaking down the wall between the audience and actors.
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
, 1h40Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Jane Powell, Ann Sothern, Barry Sullivan, Carmen Miranda, Louis Calhern, Scotty Beckett
On the closing night of a Broadway play, leading actress Frances Elliott (Ann Sothern) hosts a party attended by many guests, including her eccentric father Gregory (Louis Calhern), who is also an actor; her seventeen-year-old daughter, Nancy Barklay (Jane Powell), an aspiring actress; and Brazilian playwright Ricardo Domingos, who is considering starring Frances in his next play.
Thesis (1996)
, 2h5Directed by Alejandro Amenábar
Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Films about psychiatry
Actors Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, Ana Torrent, Xabier Elorriaga, Miguel Picazo, José Luis Cuerda
The film starts as Angela sits on a subway. The train halts and passengers are told to evacuate, as a man has just stepped in front of the tracks and died. While being led out of the station, Angela begins to move towards the tracks to see the man's remains. She is warded away at the last instant. Angela is a university student in Madrid, writing a thesis on audiovisual violence in the family. At a thesis meeting, she asks her thesis director, Figueroa, to help her find the most violent videos in the school's library. After class, Angela seeks out the help of a fellow student, Chema, who is known for his collection of violent and pornographic videos. As Angela begins to watch violent films with Chema, Professor Figueroa finds a tape in a hidden hallway of the school's audiovisual archives. The next day, Angela finds Figueroa dead of apparent heart failure in the university's viewing room, a video tape in the player. Angela takes the tape and leaves for class. She later learns that Figueroa died of an asthma attack, and that a younger professor, Castro, will now be directing her thesis project. Angela goes to Chema's house to watch the stolen film, and Chema realizes that this is a snuff film, or a film of someone actually being murdered. As they watch the women being tortured, killed and disemboweled, Chema realizes that the women in the film was named Vanessa, a girl who attended their university and went missing two years ago. Chema and Angela are also able to determine which kind of camera the killer used, and XT 500, based on the quality of its digital zoom, and that the film was shot in someone's garage.
Calendar Girl (1993)
, 1h30Directed by John Whitesell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Jason Priestley, Gabriel Olds, Jerry O'Connell, Steve Railsback, Joe Pantoliano, Kurt Fuller
While Marilyn Monroe is enjoying her rise to stardom and iconic pop culture status, three childhood friends are happy enough to sneakily obtain racy pictures of her for their pubescent enjoyment. Once they mature (at least by age), Roy has his eyes set on joining the Military despite his strained relationship with his father. His buddy, Scott, has a prosthetic leg and is to be married soon to his darling significant other Becky, and his other pal, Ned, known affectionately as "Bleuer", works at a small town store and isn't initially as anxious to partake on this crazed notion as his friends.
The King of Comedy (1982)
, 1h45Directed by Martin Scorsese, Todd Phillips
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about television, Children's films
Actors Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Diahnne Abbott, Shelley Hack, Martin Scorsese
Rupert Pupkin (De Niro), a stage-door autograph hound, is an aspiring stand-up comedian unsuccessfuly trying to launch his career. After meeting Jerry Langford (Lewis), a successful comedian and talk show host, Rupert believes his "big break" has finally come. He attempts to get a place on the show but is continually rebuffed by Langford's staff and, finally, by Langford himself. Along the way, Rupert indulges in elaborate and obsessive fantasies where he and Langford are colleagues and friends. He even takes a date, Rita, to Langford's home, uninvited, trying to impress her.