The Magical Eye (1989)

8.0/10 47 min Documentary

Overview

Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film critics and historians on the role and influence of the NFB during its first half century of existence.

Cast

Denys Arcand

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Donald Brittain

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Claude Fournier

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Pauline Kael

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Caroline Leaf

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Sydney Newman

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