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Cambridge Film Festival · 2019

Cambridge Film Festival 2019

Documentaries

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3 films · 3 reviews

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Making Waves: The Art Of Cinematic Sound

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The direction is workmanlike but well edited.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Explores the impact of movie sound through insight from cinema’s biggest directors and their go-to sonic collaborators.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Midge Costin; Writer: Bobette Buster; Stars: Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, Walter Murch, Ben Burtt, Gary Rydstrom, Ioan Allen, Richard L. Anderson, Karen Baker Landers, Bobbi Banks, Richard Beggs, Anna Behlmer, Mark Berger, Ryan Coogler, Sofia Coppola, Dane A Davis, Peter J. Devlin, Teri E Dorman, Teresa Eckton)

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Meeting Gorbachev

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Herzog's film does not follow the documentary conventions - would you expect anything different from him?

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
Werner Herzog interviews Mikhail Gorbachev and captures the human side of a world leader as he recalls his relationships with Reagan and Thatcher, his beloved wife Raisa and his dashed dream of lasting change.

(Country: UK, US, Germany; Year: 2018; Director: Werner Herzog, Andre Singer; Stars: Werner Herzog, Mikhail Gorbachev)

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