Peter Watkins

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The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins
5.8

The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins

Sep 07, 2001

The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins
2001 77 min 6 vues
This feature documentary is a portrait of Peter Watkins, an Oscar®-winning British filmmaker who, for the past 4 decades, has proved that films can be made without compromise. With the proliferation of TV channels, documentaries are enjoying an unprecedented boom fuelled by audiences seeking an alternative to infotainment. But now documentary filmmaking, too, finds itself constrained by the imperatives of television. However, there is a rebel resisting this uniformity of the spirit. Pre-eminent among today's documentary filmmakers concerned about this mind-numbing standardization, Peter Watkins has never strayed from either his principles or the cause.
Documentary
Resan
3.2

Resan

Feb 24, 1987

Resan
1987 873 min 5 vues
Peter Watkins' global look at the impact of military use of nuclear technology and people's perception of it, as well as a meditation on the inherent bias of the media, and documentaries themselves.
Documentary
Edvard Munch, la danse de la vie
7.4

Edvard Munch, la danse de la vie

Nov 12, 1974

Edvard Munch, la danse de la vie
1974 210 min 66 vues
Une biographie très subjective des jeunes années du peintre norvégien Edvard Munch, aux prises avec les conventions de la société puritaine de son temps. Un film considéré par beaucoup comme la meilleure oeuvre jamais consacrée à l’acte créatif et à la peinture («un travail de génie» selon Ingmar Bergman). Montage audacieux qui revisite les techniques documentaires et narratives, Edvard Munch est un «Cri» personnel autant qu’un portrait de l’artiste et de son milieu.
TV Movie
Punishment Park
7.314

Punishment Park

Oct 01, 1971

Punishment Park
1971 88 min 175 vues
Fable politique inspirée par l'application du McCarren Act, une loi d'exception votée en 1970 à la faveur d'une aggravation du conflit au Nord-Vietnam, autorisant à placer en détention « toute personne susceptible de porter atteinte à la sécurité intérieure ». Dans une zone désertique du sud de la Californie, un groupe de condamnés est amené, contre la promesse de leur libération, à traverser le désert à pied, sans eau ni nourriture, pour atteindre le drapeau américain sans être capturés par les forces spéciales armées et motorisées lancées à leur poursuite.
Drama
La Bombe
7.6

La Bombe

Apr 13, 1966

La Bombe
1966 48 min 152 vues
Une bombe atomique sovietique s'abat en Angleterre. A partir de cette hypothese faite dans le contexte de la guerre froide, Peter Watkins imagine les consequences immediates de l'attaque, l'eventualite et les conditions d'une survie.
War
Fritänkaren
6.7

Fritänkaren

Sep 03, 1994

Fritänkaren
1994 276 min 6 vues
The film portrays the Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter August Strindberg's life 1849-1912. Through his extensive correspondence and literary production, from the supposed first work, the drama "The Free Thinker" (1869), to the posthumously published "The Occult Diary" (published 1977 ). But also his three wives, Siri von Essen, Frida Uhl and Harriet Bosse, and the children Karin, Greta and Hans are given space in the film. The unpublished first drama "The Free Thinker", depicts a young man forced to break with family and tradition to follow his conscience and ideals, becomes a prophecy about the author's own life.
History
La bataille de Culloden
7.3

La bataille de Culloden

Dec 15, 1964

La bataille de Culloden
1964 69 min 48 vues
16 avril 1746. La bataille de Culloden, dans les landes marécageuses de l'Écosse. Sous les ordres du Duc de Cumberland, les régiments d'élite anglais écrasent les partisans de Charles Edouard Stuart, qui cherchait à renverser le trône de Hanovre à Londres, scellant le sort définitif de l'Écosse. L'ultime bataille à s'être déroulée sur le sol britannique tourne au massacre. Une fois les Highlanders décimés, une impitoyable « pacification » des Hautes terres s’ensuivit. Plus de 2000 Écossais tomberont, victimes des combats et de la féroce répression qui s'abattit sur tout un peuple et sa culture.
TV Movie
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
7.632

La Commune (Paris, 1871)

Jul 03, 2003

La Commune (Paris, 1871)
2003 345 min 34 vues
A short story narrated by an unknown British soldier who reveals his hopes, fears, and disillusionment while heading into battle against the German army.
War
Les Gladiateurs
5.7

Les Gladiateurs

Jun 25, 1969

Les Gladiateurs
1969 92 min 18 vues
A short story narrated by an unknown British soldier who reveals his hopes, fears, and disillusionment while heading into battle against the German army.
War
Privilege
6.7

Privilege

Feb 28, 1967

Privilege
1967 103 min 25 vues
A short story narrated by an unknown British soldier who reveals his hopes, fears, and disillusionment while heading into battle against the German army.
Drama
Privilege
6.7

Privilege

Feb 28, 1967

Privilege
1967 103 min 25 vues
A short story narrated by an unknown British soldier who reveals his hopes, fears, and disillusionment while heading into battle against the German army.
Drama
The Forgotten Faces
5.7

The Forgotten Faces

Jan 01, 1961

The Forgotten Faces
1961 18 min 11 vues
“The Forgotten Faces (1961), a film reconstruction of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, won Watkins another amateur Oscar, and to this day, the film is praised in England as "one of the most memorable amateur films ever made".
History
The Forgotten Faces
5.7

The Forgotten Faces

Jan 01, 1961

The Forgotten Faces
1961 18 min 11 vues
“The Forgotten Faces (1961), a film reconstruction of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, won Watkins another amateur Oscar, and to this day, the film is praised in England as "one of the most memorable amateur films ever made".
History
En Angleterre occupée
6.7

En Angleterre occupée

May 12, 1966

En Angleterre occupée
1966 101 min 32 vues
“The Forgotten Faces (1961), a film reconstruction of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, won Watkins another amateur Oscar, and to this day, the film is praised in England as "one of the most memorable amateur films ever made".
Drama
Les Gladiateurs
5.7

Les Gladiateurs

Jun 25, 1969

Les Gladiateurs
1969 92 min 18 vues
“The Forgotten Faces (1961), a film reconstruction of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, won Watkins another amateur Oscar, and to this day, the film is praised in England as "one of the most memorable amateur films ever made".
War
Aftenlandet
6.7

Aftenlandet

Feb 21, 1977

Aftenlandet
1977 110 min 6 vues
Denmark is in deep crisis: the country is hit by general strike, during the holding of a NATO summit in Copenhagen. Meanwhile, a minister is kidnapped by extremists, and state power cracks down against politically-active leftists.
Drama
70'ernes folk
1

70'ernes folk

Jan 01, 1975

70'ernes folk
1975 127 min 1 vues
The Seventies People is a 1975 television docu-drama that was produced by Danmarks Radio. The film explores the high suicide rate in Denmark, the many factors behind it and how the average citizen deals with the stress of life, work, school and family.
Documentary
70'ernes folk
1

70'ernes folk

Jan 01, 1975

70'ernes folk
1975 127 min 1 vues
The Seventies People is a 1975 television docu-drama that was produced by Danmarks Radio. The film explores the high suicide rate in Denmark, the many factors behind it and how the average citizen deals with the stress of life, work, school and family.
Documentary
Resan
3.2

Resan

Feb 24, 1987

Resan
1987 873 min 5 vues
Peter Watkins' global look at the impact of military use of nuclear technology and people's perception of it, as well as a meditation on the inherent bias of the media, and documentaries themselves.
Documentary
Resan
3.2

Resan

Feb 24, 1987

Resan
1987 873 min 5 vues
Peter Watkins' global look at the impact of military use of nuclear technology and people's perception of it, as well as a meditation on the inherent bias of the media, and documentaries themselves.
Documentary
Resan
3.2

Resan

Feb 24, 1987

Resan
1987 873 min 5 vues
Peter Watkins' global look at the impact of military use of nuclear technology and people's perception of it, as well as a meditation on the inherent bias of the media, and documentaries themselves.
Documentary
Resan
3.2

Resan

Feb 24, 1987

Resan
1987 873 min 5 vues
Peter Watkins' global look at the impact of military use of nuclear technology and people's perception of it, as well as a meditation on the inherent bias of the media, and documentaries themselves.
Documentary
Resan
3.2

Resan

Feb 24, 1987

Resan
1987 873 min 5 vues
Peter Watkins' global look at the impact of military use of nuclear technology and people's perception of it, as well as a meditation on the inherent bias of the media, and documentaries themselves.
Documentary
Fällan
6

Fällan

Apr 11, 2012

Fällan
2012 65 min 1 vues
Set in the underground living quarters of a scientist working at an international nuclear waste station near the west coast of Sweden. It is the end of 1999, and the TV in the oppressive living room inhabited by John (the scientist), his wife Margereta, and their son Peter, is proclaiming optimistic statements about the promise of the New Millennium.
Science Fiction
Fällan
6

Fällan

Apr 11, 2012

Fällan
2012 65 min 1 vues
Set in the underground living quarters of a scientist working at an international nuclear waste station near the west coast of Sweden. It is the end of 1999, and the TV in the oppressive living room inhabited by John (the scientist), his wife Margereta, and their son Peter, is proclaiming optimistic statements about the promise of the New Millennium.
Science Fiction
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
7.632

La Commune (Paris, 1871)

Jul 03, 2003

La Commune (Paris, 1871)
2003 345 min 34 vues
Set in the underground living quarters of a scientist working at an international nuclear waste station near the west coast of Sweden. It is the end of 1999, and the TV in the oppressive living room inhabited by John (the scientist), his wife Margereta, and their son Peter, is proclaiming optimistic statements about the promise of the New Millennium.
War
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
7.632

La Commune (Paris, 1871)

Jul 03, 2003

La Commune (Paris, 1871)
2003 345 min 34 vues
Set in the underground living quarters of a scientist working at an international nuclear waste station near the west coast of Sweden. It is the end of 1999, and the TV in the oppressive living room inhabited by John (the scientist), his wife Margereta, and their son Peter, is proclaiming optimistic statements about the promise of the New Millennium.
War
Edvard Munch, la danse de la vie
7.4

Edvard Munch, la danse de la vie

Nov 12, 1974

Edvard Munch, la danse de la vie
1974 210 min 66 vues
Set in the underground living quarters of a scientist working at an international nuclear waste station near the west coast of Sweden. It is the end of 1999, and the TV in the oppressive living room inhabited by John (the scientist), his wife Margereta, and their son Peter, is proclaiming optimistic statements about the promise of the New Millennium.
TV Movie
Fritänkaren
6.7

Fritänkaren

Sep 03, 1994

Fritänkaren
1994 276 min 6 vues
The film portrays the Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter August Strindberg's life 1849-1912. Through his extensive correspondence and literary production, from the supposed first work, the drama "The Free Thinker" (1869), to the posthumously published "The Occult Diary" (published 1977 ). But also his three wives, Siri von Essen, Frida Uhl and Harriet Bosse, and the children Karin, Greta and Hans are given space in the film. The unpublished first drama "The Free Thinker", depicts a young man forced to break with family and tradition to follow his conscience and ideals, becomes a prophecy about the author's own life.
History
Fritänkaren
6.7

Fritänkaren

Sep 03, 1994

Fritänkaren
1994 276 min 6 vues
The film portrays the Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter August Strindberg's life 1849-1912. Through his extensive correspondence and literary production, from the supposed first work, the drama "The Free Thinker" (1869), to the posthumously published "The Occult Diary" (published 1977 ). But also his three wives, Siri von Essen, Frida Uhl and Harriet Bosse, and the children Karin, Greta and Hans are given space in the film. The unpublished first drama "The Free Thinker", depicts a young man forced to break with family and tradition to follow his conscience and ideals, becomes a prophecy about the author's own life.
History
Fritänkaren
6.7

Fritänkaren

Sep 03, 1994

Fritänkaren
1994 276 min 6 vues
The film portrays the Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter August Strindberg's life 1849-1912. Through his extensive correspondence and literary production, from the supposed first work, the drama "The Free Thinker" (1869), to the posthumously published "The Occult Diary" (published 1977 ). But also his three wives, Siri von Essen, Frida Uhl and Harriet Bosse, and the children Karin, Greta and Hans are given space in the film. The unpublished first drama "The Free Thinker", depicts a young man forced to break with family and tradition to follow his conscience and ideals, becomes a prophecy about the author's own life.
History
Fritänkaren
6.7

Fritänkaren

Sep 03, 1994

Fritänkaren
1994 276 min 6 vues
The film portrays the Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter August Strindberg's life 1849-1912. Through his extensive correspondence and literary production, from the supposed first work, the drama "The Free Thinker" (1869), to the posthumously published "The Occult Diary" (published 1977 ). But also his three wives, Siri von Essen, Frida Uhl and Harriet Bosse, and the children Karin, Greta and Hans are given space in the film. The unpublished first drama "The Free Thinker", depicts a young man forced to break with family and tradition to follow his conscience and ideals, becomes a prophecy about the author's own life.
History
Aftenlandet
6.7

Aftenlandet

Feb 21, 1977

Aftenlandet
1977 110 min 6 vues
Denmark is in deep crisis: the country is hit by general strike, during the holding of a NATO summit in Copenhagen. Meanwhile, a minister is kidnapped by extremists, and state power cracks down against politically-active leftists.
Drama
Aftenlandet
6.7

Aftenlandet

Feb 21, 1977

Aftenlandet
1977 110 min 6 vues
Denmark is in deep crisis: the country is hit by general strike, during the holding of a NATO summit in Copenhagen. Meanwhile, a minister is kidnapped by extremists, and state power cracks down against politically-active leftists.
Drama
La bataille de Culloden
7.3

La bataille de Culloden

Dec 15, 1964

La bataille de Culloden
1964 69 min 48 vues
Denmark is in deep crisis: the country is hit by general strike, during the holding of a NATO summit in Copenhagen. Meanwhile, a minister is kidnapped by extremists, and state power cracks down against politically-active leftists.
TV Movie
La Bombe
7.6

La Bombe

Apr 13, 1966

La Bombe
1966 48 min 152 vues
Denmark is in deep crisis: the country is hit by general strike, during the holding of a NATO summit in Copenhagen. Meanwhile, a minister is kidnapped by extremists, and state power cracks down against politically-active leftists.
War
La Bombe
7.6

La Bombe

Apr 13, 1966

La Bombe
1966 48 min 152 vues
Denmark is in deep crisis: the country is hit by general strike, during the holding of a NATO summit in Copenhagen. Meanwhile, a minister is kidnapped by extremists, and state power cracks down against politically-active leftists.
War
Punishment Park
7.314

Punishment Park

Oct 01, 1971

Punishment Park
1971 88 min 175 vues
Denmark is in deep crisis: the country is hit by general strike, during the holding of a NATO summit in Copenhagen. Meanwhile, a minister is kidnapped by extremists, and state power cracks down against politically-active leftists.
Drama
The Media Project
1

The Media Project

Dec 31, 1991

The Media Project
1991 121 min 1 vues
A group of people working in film and television are gathered at a dinner party to discuss Australian media coverage of the Gulf War.
Documentary
The Media Project
1

The Media Project

Dec 31, 1991

The Media Project
1991 121 min 1 vues
A group of people working in film and television are gathered at a dinner party to discuss Australian media coverage of the Gulf War.
Documentary
Fritänkaren
6.7

Fritänkaren

Sep 03, 1994

Fritänkaren
1994 276 min 6 vues
The film portrays the Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter August Strindberg's life 1849-1912. Through his extensive correspondence and literary production, from the supposed first work, the drama "The Free Thinker" (1869), to the posthumously published "The Occult Diary" (published 1977 ). But also his three wives, Siri von Essen, Frida Uhl and Harriet Bosse, and the children Karin, Greta and Hans are given space in the film. The unpublished first drama "The Free Thinker", depicts a young man forced to break with family and tradition to follow his conscience and ideals, becomes a prophecy about the author's own life.
History
The Web
1

The Web

Jan 01, 1956

The Web
1956 20 min 1 vues
A reconstruction of the allied landing in occupied France during the second world war.
The Media Project
1

The Media Project

Dec 31, 1991

The Media Project
1991 121 min 1 vues
A group of people working in film and television are gathered at a dinner party to discuss Australian media coverage of the Gulf War.
Documentary
Reflets de Cannes
1

Reflets de Cannes

May 20, 1971

Reflets de Cannes
1971 min 1 vues
François Chalais est une légende. Dès les années 50, le chroniqueur le plus célèbre du Festival de Cannes décrypte, avec son ton caustique, toutes les facettes de la Croisette : réceptions somptueuses, tapis rouge, starlettes en quête de gloire, confessions intimes... Des images de fête et de rêve mêlées à des séquences d'interviews inoubliables, en extérieur ou dans le studio de l'hôtel Miramar.
Reflets de Cannes
1

Reflets de Cannes

May 27, 2000

Reflets de Cannes
2000 min 1 vues
Napoléon III perd la guerre contre la Prusse après un siège de Paris particulièrement dur pour le peuple parisien. Nous sommes en 1870-1871 et la misère est grande. Les 17 et 18 mars 1871, le peuple parisien, qui refuse la capitulation, se révolte. La Commune de Paris est née. Alors que la télévision versaillaise rapporte l'événement de façon partielle et orientée, une commission communarde se crée et s'organise pour relayer ce moment qui, bien que majeur dans l'histoire du mouvement ouvrier, reste néanmoins l'une des périodes les plus méconnues de l'histoire de France. Les journalistes se rendent sur les lieux où naît la Commune : mairie, barricades, clubs féministes, etc. et procèdent à des interviews pour rendre compte à la population de la réalité. Les gens disent leurs rêves, leurs révoltes, leurs combats et opposent leur opinions.
War & Politics
Reflets de Cannes
1

Reflets de Cannes

May 27, 2000

Reflets de Cannes
2000 min 1 vues
Napoléon III perd la guerre contre la Prusse après un siège de Paris particulièrement dur pour le peuple parisien. Nous sommes en 1870-1871 et la misère est grande. Les 17 et 18 mars 1871, le peuple parisien, qui refuse la capitulation, se révolte. La Commune de Paris est née. Alors que la télévision versaillaise rapporte l'événement de façon partielle et orientée, une commission communarde se crée et s'organise pour relayer ce moment qui, bien que majeur dans l'histoire du mouvement ouvrier, reste néanmoins l'une des périodes les plus méconnues de l'histoire de France. Les journalistes se rendent sur les lieux où naît la Commune : mairie, barricades, clubs féministes, etc. et procèdent à des interviews pour rendre compte à la population de la réalité. Les gens disent leurs rêves, leurs révoltes, leurs combats et opposent leur opinions.
War & Politics
Reflets de Cannes
1

Reflets de Cannes

May 27, 2000

Reflets de Cannes
2000 min 1 vues
Napoléon III perd la guerre contre la Prusse après un siège de Paris particulièrement dur pour le peuple parisien. Nous sommes en 1870-1871 et la misère est grande. Les 17 et 18 mars 1871, le peuple parisien, qui refuse la capitulation, se révolte. La Commune de Paris est née. Alors que la télévision versaillaise rapporte l'événement de façon partielle et orientée, une commission communarde se crée et s'organise pour relayer ce moment qui, bien que majeur dans l'histoire du mouvement ouvrier, reste néanmoins l'une des périodes les plus méconnues de l'histoire de France. Les journalistes se rendent sur les lieux où naît la Commune : mairie, barricades, clubs féministes, etc. et procèdent à des interviews pour rendre compte à la population de la réalité. Les gens disent leurs rêves, leurs révoltes, leurs combats et opposent leur opinions.
War & Politics
Reflets de Cannes
6.8

Reflets de Cannes

Nov 12, 1974

Reflets de Cannes
1974 min 6 vues
Edvard Munch is a 1974 biographical film about the Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch, written and directed by Peter Watkins. It was originally created as a three-part miniseries co-produced by the Norwegian and Swedish state television networks NRK and SVT, but subsequently gained an American theatrical release in a three-hour version in 1976. The film covers about thirty years of Munch's life, focusing on the influences that shaped his art, particularly the prevalence of disease and death in his family and his youthful affair with a married woman. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.