The Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear | BBC Documentary

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The Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear
It is one of the greatest and bloodiest mysteries in art: what happened on the December night in 1888 when Vincent van Gogh took a blade to his own ear?
Jeremy Paxman joins art sleuth Bernadette Murphy on her amazing quest to discover the truth - what exactly did the artist do, why did he do it and who was the unknown girl he is said to have handed his severed ear to, her real identity kept secret by her family for over a century? It is an event that defines van Gogh, who created his greatest masterpieces including the sunflowers at the same moment as suffering mental torture, but what are the real facts?
This revealing detective story travels from Vincent's home in the south of France to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, and uncovers key evidence hidden in a Californian library that has created an art-world sensation, as we finally solve the mystery of Van Gogh's ear.




 The Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 58:00 min
 Language: English

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The Banker's Guide to Art (2016) | Documentary

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The Banker's Guide to Art
Documentary taking an inside look at the high-stakes and sometimes murky world of art collecting.
In recent years, the value of London's art market has soared to unprecedented heights, driven by the nouveau riche of the financial world, whose money has poured into the bank accounts of dealers, galleries and auction houses.





 The Banker's Guide to Art
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 01:25:00 min
 Language: English

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McCullin | Documentary Film

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McCullin 
The documentary shows how Don McCullin created some of the latter twentieth-century's most iconic images of man's inhumanity to man. To many, Don McCullin is the greatest living war photographer, often cited as an inspiration for today's photojournalists. For the first time, McCullin speaks candidly about his three-decade career covering wars and humanitarian disasters on virtually every continent and the photographs that often defined historic moments. Working at a critical time in global photojournalism, he witnessed the change of ethos to publishing and editorial freedom for newspapers to print what they wanted, free from constraints of advertisers. He brought the impact and reality of human conflict to the general reader, going on war assignments sometimes with only twenty rolls of film.He was shooting with a respect for image now disappearing from the digital age; and we have shot our film on 16mm in order to compliment his work.



 McCullin 
 Production: British Film Company
 Duration: 01:35:00 min
 Language: English

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Finding Vivian Maier | HD Documentary Film

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Finding Vivian Maier
Who is Vivian Maier? Now considered one of the 20th century's greatest street photographers, Vivian Maier was a mysterious nanny who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that went unseen during her lifetime. Since buying her work by chance at auction, amateur historian John Maloof has crusaded to put this prolific photographer in the history books. Maier's strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never-before-seen photographs, films, and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her.

 Finding Vivian Maier
 Directed By: Charlie Siskel, John Maloof
 Duration: 40:00 min
 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Czech, Hebrew
 Language: English


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The Salt of the Earth | HD Documentary

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The Salt of the Earth
For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of wild fauna and flora, and of grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project, which is a tribute to the planet's beauty. Sebastião Salgado's life and work are revealed to us by his son, Juliano, who went with him during his last travels, and by Wim Wenders, himself a photographer.

 The Salt of the Earth
 Directed By: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
 Duration: 40:00 min
 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish
 Language: English


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Room 237 | HD Documentary film

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Room 237
Many movies lend themselves to dramatic interpretations, but none as rich and far ranging as Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. In LA filmmaker Rodney Ascher's ROOM 237, we hear from people who have developed far-reaching theories and believe they have decoded the hidden symbols and messages buried in the late director's film. Carefully examining The Shining inside out, and forwards and backwards, ROOM 237 is equal parts captivating, provocative and pure pleasure. It gives voice to the fans and scholars who espouse these theories, reworking the film to match their ideas and intercutting it with layers of dreamlike imagery to illustrate their streams of consciousness. Sometimes outrageous, always engaging, the words of the interviewees are given full force by Ascher's compelling vision.







 Room 237
 Directed By: Rodney Ascher 
 Duration: 01:43:03 min
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 Language: English

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The Act Of Killing | Watch Documentary Film Online

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The Act Of Killing
Anwar Congo and his friends have been dancing their way through musical numbers, twisting arms in film noir gangster scenes, and galloping across prairies as yodelling cowboys. Their foray into filmmaking is being celebrated in the media and debated on television, even though Anwar Congo and his friends are mass murderers. Medan, Indonesia. When the government of Indonesia was overthrown by the military in 1965, Anwar and his friends were promoted from small-time gangsters who sold movie theatre tickets on the black market to death squad leaders. They helped the army kill more than one million alleged communists, ethnic Chinese, and intellectuals in less than a year. As the executioner for the most notorious death squad in his city, Anwar himself killed hundreds of people with his own hands.

 The Act Of Killing
 Production: Drafthouse Films
 Directed By: Joshua Oppenheimer
 Duration: 01:57:00 min
 Subtitles: English, greek

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Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of the Dark Knight | Documentary

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Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of the Dark Knight
Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are both excellent sources of entertainment, but they also offer a complex and interesting dissection of a man who learned to use his own fear against criminals. Delve into the world of Batman and the vigilante justice that he brought to the city of Gotham. Batman is a man who, after experiencing great tragedy, devotes his life to an ideal - but what happens when one man takes on the evil underworld alone? Examine why Batman is who he is - and explore how a boy scarred by tragedy becomes a symbol of hope to everyone else. Not only does this documentary investigate the mental attitude of the mysterious caped crusader along with selective interviews from various expert, but also put some brilliant resemblances between the Batman and Theodore Roosevelt.





 Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of the Dark Knight
 Production: History Channel
 Duration: 44:45 min
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English

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Hermans House | Watch Documentary Film Online

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Hermans House
The injustice of solitary confinement and the transformative power of art are explored in a new feature documentary from first-time director Angad Singh Bhalla. Herman's House follows the unlikely friendship between visual artist Jackie Sumell and Herman Wallace, one of America's most famous inmates, as they collaborate on an unprecedented - and widely acclaimed - art installation. 

 Hermans House
 Directed By: Angad Bhalla 
 Duration: 01:20:35 min
 Language: English





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Cave of Forgotten Dreams | Documentary Film

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Cave of Forgotten Dreams 
Follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. It's an unforgettable cinematic experience that provides a unique glimpse of the pristine artwork dating back to human hands over 30,000 years ago - almost twice as old as any previous discovery.




 Cave of Forgotten Dreams
 Directed By: Werner Herzog 
 Duration: 01:30:08 min
 Language: English

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Exit Through the Gift Shop | Documentary Film

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Exit Through the Gift Shop
The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. Billed as ‘the world’s first street art disaster movie’ the film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world’s most infamous graffiti artists at work. 




 Exit Through the Gift Shop
 Production: Paranoind Pictures
 Duration: 01:26:07 min
 Language: English

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Side by Side | HD Documentary Film online

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Side by Side
Join Keanu Reeves on a tour of the past and the future of filmmaking in Side by Side. Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh, and many more. 




 Side by Side
 Production: Tribecca Film
 Duration: 49:00 min (each part)
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English


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Waste Land | Documentary film Online

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Waste Land
An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.
A social documentary based around the lives of garbage pickers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a man by the name of Vik Muniz creates art out of recycled material. The film starts with an introduction into Vik Muniz's career as an artist and how he is reveled as "one of the greatest [artists] of our generation"; swiftly leading into his desire to change the lives of the catadores, only to discover that he would become the changed. 



 Waste Land
 Production: Almega Projects
 Duration: 01:34:53 min
 Language: Portugal and English
 Subtitles: English Built

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Secrets of the Parthenon (Documentary film)

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Secrets of the Parthenon
How did the ancient Athenians build this near-flawless icon of Greece's golden age? Secrets of the Parthenon received a 2009 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Science, Technology and Nature Programming. Join a team of architects and engineers as they investigate the many mysteries of this icon of Western civilization. How did the ancient Greeks design and build their masterpiece so quickly? How did they achieve such precision and perfection without modern tools and architectural aids that we take for granted today, such as comprehensive plans or drawings? 








 Secrets of the Parthenon
 Production: PBS
 Duration: 43:31 min
 Language: English

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The Power Of Art | BBC documentary series

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The Power Of Art
This is not a series about things that hang on walls, it is not about decor or prettiness. It is a series about the force, the need, the passion of art. Eight figures from the world of art present a selection of artworks inspired by the artists in the documentary series
Focusing on eight iconic works of art such as Caravaggio’s David and Goliath, David’s Death of Marat and Picasso’s Guernica, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of dramatic reconstruction, spectacular photography and Simon Schama’s unique and personal style transport the viewer back to the intense moments the great works were conceived and born; from the murderous world of baroque Rome; paranoid, revolutionary Paris and the carnage of civil war Spain to the paradox of 1950s New York, caught between Cold War jitters and Manhattan glitter. Simon Schama’s Power of Art is the epic story of an unfolding force, a chance to witness the power of the individuals who changed the way we view the world. 


 The Power Of Art
 Production: BBC
 (The Series consists of 8 episodes) 
 Duration: 43:31 min
 Language: English

Episode 1: Caravaggio

Episode 2: Bernini


Episode 3: Rembrandt


Episode 4: David


Episode 5: Turner


Episode 6: Van Gogh


Episode 7: Picasso


Episode 8: Rothko

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Leonardo da Vinci: The Man Who Wanted to Know Everything

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Leonardo da Vinci: The Man Who Wanted to Know Everything
BBC Documentary 
Leonardo da Vinci, often referred to as the main figure of the Renaissance, was born in 1452, just outside the village of Vinci (in Italy). Called "the first modern mind in history," Leonardo was denied an excellent education because of his status at birth.  That fact hardly stopped his quest for knowledge, however.  What he did not learn in school he learned by other means. Endlessly curious, the young lad investigated everything he could in, and around, his village.  He loved to watch, and draw, birds.  Those observations helped him to study the laws of aerodynamics. Many of Leonardo's drawings - about 6,000 pages - are owned by the British Monarchy and maintained at Windsor Castle.  Some of his drawings, previously untested in real life, have been put to the test in recent years - with surprising results




 Leonardo da Vinci: The Man Who Wanted to Know Everything
 Production: BBC
 (The documentary consists of 3 episodes)
 Duration: 50:26 min (Each episode)
 Language: English

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Modern Masters (Documentary)

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Modern Masters 
Is a four-part television series detailing the life and work of four giants of 20th century art: Henri Matisse; Pablo Picasso; Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol. During the course of the series, presenter and journalist, Alastair Sooke, explores why these artists are considered so important and examines how their influence can still be seen in our world today. He begins with Andy Warhol , the king of Pop Art. On his journey he parties with Dennis Hopper, has a brush with Carla Bruni and gets to grips with Marilyn. Along the way he uncovers just how brilliantly Andy Warhol pinpointed and portrayed our obsessions with consumerism, celebrity and the media, and then went on to re-invent them. Journalist Alastair Sooke sets out to discover just how much the artist Henri Matisse has influenced our modern lives. Sooke explains why Matisse's art is considered so great and also looks at how Matisse's brilliant use of color and simplification of form continues to inspire illustrators, designers and of course artists today. The life of Pablo Picasso is an exciting story of rebellion, riches, women and great art. In this episode, journalist Alastair Sooke travels through France, Spain and the US to see some of the artist's great works and recount tales from his life story. Salvador Dali was art's greatest clown, but was he also one of its great geniuses? Sooke traces the life and work of the popular surrealist artist, traveling throughout Europe and America. From his origins in turn-of-the-century Spain, to his high jinx in New York in the 1970s, Sook reveals this artist's fascinating life story and explains the thinking behind and impact of his most famous works. 

 Modern Masters
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 59:00 min (each episode)
 Language: English

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Impressionism: Revenge of the Nice (documentary)

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Impressionism: Revenge of the Nice
Matthew Collings has a wonderfully simple and funny way of making you understand the when, where, why and how of important is art so this programme will get your head around impressionism in a couple of hours. Matthew Collings will reappraise the Impressionists. The four stars are Courbet, Manet, Monet and Cezanne. In two hours their stories and their art will intertwine. Matt will unpack the principles of Impressionism – the strength of color, the flatness, the patterning and the way in which ordinary life is pictured with startling truth – and argue that this is the best thing that has ever happened in modern art. He will also show that although the contemporary art world seemingly despises Impressionism it is only because of Impressionism that the avant-garde came to be.  





 Impressionism: Revenge of the Nice
 Production: Culture 
 Duration: 01:41:26 min
 Language: English

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