Critic (2008)

7.9/10 • 76 min • Documentary

Overview

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.

Cast

Tom Tykwer

Michel Ciment

João Moreira Salles

Elia Suleiman

Cláudio Assis

Fernanda Torres

Sérgio Bianchi

Self

Eric Neuhoff

Paulo Caldas

Marcelo Gomes

Curtis Hanson

Bertrand Bonello

Walter Salles

Beto Brant

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