Movies: Bret Wood

2003
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003)
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
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This film covers the early history of post World War II educational films, especially those involving traffic safety by the Highway Safety Foundation under direction of Richard Wayman. In the name of promoting safe driving in teenagers, these films b...
2023
Against the Grain (2023)
Against the Grain
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A glimpse at how genre film-focused home video companies have taken the charge in preserving, restoring, and releasing so many works which otherwise might have been lost to time....
1915
Children of Eve (1915)
Children of Eve
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An illegitimate child of the slums comes to faith. Later, she chooses to labor in a canning factory in order to investigate its poor conditions, not realizing she has a significant connection to the cold-hearted factory owner....
1998
Kingdom of Shadows (1998)
Kingdom of Shadows
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Narrated by Rod Steiger, this documentary examines the frightful conventions from which the modern-day horror movie has evolved, featuring clips from classics like Dante's Inferno and Leaves from Satan's Book....
2006
Psychopathia Sexualis (2006)
Psychopathia Sexualis
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Multi-narrative adaptation of Richard v. Krafft-Ebing's notorious medico-forensic study of sexual perversity....
2014
The Unwanted (2014)
The Unwanted
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Carmilla comes to a rural town where her mother mysteriously disappeared years earlier. She is aided in her quest by an emotionally troubled local girl, with whom she becomes romantically involved. Their relationship ignites the wrath of the girl's f...
1995
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask (1995)
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask
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A documentary on the life and career of actor Lon Chaney, with clips from his films and interviews with people who knew him....
2011
A Cast of Characters: My Wife's Relations (2011)
A Cast of Characters: My Wife's Relations
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The actors in My Wife's Relations (1922) are discussed in this documentary....
2011
Silent Echoes: Seven Chances (2011)
Silent Echoes: Seven Chances
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In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, provides a tour of where Seven Chances was filmed, comparing archival images with contemporary photos, and sharing stories of...
2010
The Little Death (2010)
The Little Death
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An erotic thriller from the director of Psychopathia Sexualis, THE LITTLE DEATH offers a peek into the seedy boudoirs of a Victorian-era brothel, where a strong-willed reformer (Courtney Patterson) and a corrupter of innocence battle over the fate of...
2016
Pioneers of African-American Cinema: About the Restoration (2016)
Pioneers of African-American Cinema: About the Restoration
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"About the Restoration" provides an overview of the recovery effort, hosted by Bret Wood. Also of interest are examples of movie making mistakes that remain in the pictures, with disc producers resisting the urge to correct these admittedly humorous ...
2023
The Terror of Tarheel State: Making The Dark Power (2023)
The Terror of Tarheel State: Making The Dark Power
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Documentary on the making of The Dark Power....
2020
Those Who Deserve To Die (2020)
Those Who Deserve To Die
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A troubled veteran returns home to resume his life, but first he must fulfill a dreadful family obligation....
2011
On Scoring Cops and Helping Silent Films Live Again (2011)
On Scoring Cops and Helping Silent Films Live Again
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Ben Model discusses scoring music for silent movies....
2023
They Came from the Swamps: Making Alien Outlaw (2023)
They Came from the Swamps: Making Alien Outlaw
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Documentary covering the making of the 1985 film ALIEN OUTLAW....
2006
Rapture (2006)
Rapture
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Two women initiate their friend into the joys of evangelicalism....
2011
Making Comedy Beautiful: Our Hospitality and the Birth of Buster Keaton's Features (2011)
Making Comedy Beautiful: Our Hospitality and the Birth of Buster Keaton's Features
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Short documentary about Buster Keaton's first venture into features....
2011
The Frozen North: Keaton's Darkest Comedy (2011)
The Frozen North: Keaton's Darkest Comedy
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A short documentary on Buster Keaton's The Frozen North (1922), regarding how the events of Fatty Arbuckle's trial and William S. Hart's quick condemnation of Arbuckle, were reflected in the film....
2011
Day Dreams and the Problems of Missing Film (2011)
Day Dreams and the Problems of Missing Film
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Documentary on Day Dreams (1922), a Buster Keaton silent comedy....
2011
... That Dud... The Blacksmith (2011)
... That Dud... The Blacksmith
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Bruce Lawton discusses Buster Keaton's The Blacksmith (1922), a film that Keaton had dismissed as a "lesser" work....