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Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum

  • 2017
  • TMDB 7.7/10
  • 52m

The film tells the story of the intimate and unprecedented encounter between the photojournalists of the Magnum Agency and the world of cinema. The confrontation of two seemingly opposite worlds – fiction and reality. For 70 years their paths crossed: a family of photographers, amongst them the biggest names in photography, and a family of actors and filmmakers who helped write the history of cinema, from John Huston to Marilyn Monroe to Orson Welles, Kate Winslet and Sean Penn.

Overview

The film tells the story of the intimate and unprecedented encounter between the photojournalists of the Magnum Agency and the world of cinema. The confrontation of two seemingly opposite worlds – fiction and reality. For 70 years their paths crossed: a family of photographers, amongst them the biggest names in photography, and a family of actors and filmmakers who helped write the history of cinema, from John Huston to Marilyn Monroe to Orson Welles, Kate Winslet and Sean Penn.

Cast

  • Isabella RosselliniInterviewee
  • Sophie BassalerNarrator
  • Eve ArnoldInterviewee
  • Bruce DavidsonInterviewee
  • Elliott ErwittInterviewee
  • Jean GaumyInterviewee
  • David HurnInterviewee
  • Josef KoudelkaInterviewee

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