David Friedman

Documentary on the actress & singer.

We do not live in the physical world! Where we really live is in the invisible world of experience. It is in this world, and only in this world, that we have infinite possibilities, and are safe and at peace at all times. As long as we don't realize that this is the world in which we truly live, not only does nothing in metaphysics make any sense, but no matter what we do, what methods we use, what systems we follow, we will not achieve what it is we truly want.

Le documentaire Howard – qui mêle séquences d’archives inédites, films et photos amateur, mais aussi entretiens avec sa famille et ses amis - dresse le portrait intimiste de cette Légende Disney, Howard Ashman, de ses sources d’inspiration et de sa méthode de travail. Depuis son enfance à Baltimore jusqu’à sa mort tragique des suites du sida, en passant par ses débuts à New York, Howard illustre le parcours de celui qui a écrit les paroles de quelques-unes des chansons les plus célèbres et populaires.

Au milieu des années 80, les légendaires studios d’animation de Walt Disney traversent une passe difficile. L’avenir se joue entre les nouveaux artistes avides d’innovation et les anciens qui refusent de céder le contrôle. C’est dans ce contexte que le studio enregistre quelques échecs historiques qui ont pu faire penser que l’âge d’or de l’animation était passé. Ce film retrace la façon dont Disney a retrouvé sa magie sur une période de dix ans avec une série de succès comme « La petite sirène », « La belle et le bête », « Aladdin » et « Le Roi lion ».

We do not live in the physical world! Where we really live is in the invisible world of experience. It is in this world, and only in this world, that we have infinite possibilities, and are safe and at peace at all times. As long as we don't realize that this is the world in which we truly live, not only does nothing in metaphysics make any sense, but no matter what we do, what methods we use, what systems we follow, we will not achieve what it is we truly want.

We do not live in the physical world! Where we really live is in the invisible world of experience. It is in this world, and only in this world, that we have infinite possibilities, and are safe and at peace at all times. As long as we don't realize that this is the world in which we truly live, not only does nothing in metaphysics make any sense, but no matter what we do, what methods we use, what systems we follow, we will not achieve what it is we truly want.

Gabriel is a young, aspiring musical composer whose life seems stuck in the First Act. When his new musical number gets a critical reception, a theatre colleague, Perry, tells Gabriel that he needs to get a life before he can write about one – so he heads straight for his local gay bar.

The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and 1919.