David M. Thompson Movies
- 2005
The Undertaker
The Undertaker62005HD
An undertaker forms an awkward bond with the daughter of a man he has to bury.
- 2002
Robert Altman in England
Robert Altman in England02002HD
Robert Altman interviewed during the making of GOSFORD PARK (2001), as well as members of the cast and crew. Also, revealing behind the scenes...
- 1997
Mothertime
Mothertime101997HD
Adaptation of the novel by Gillian White. A drunken woman's children lock her in the sauna in an attempt to cure her of her alcoholism. The teenage...
- 2004
Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’72004HD
The making of The Dreamers, its background and relation to the May 1968 student riots in Paris.
- 1966
Turner
Turner01966HD
A documentary feature offering a general introduction to the work of the painter J.M.W. Turner.
- 1987
Cariani and the Courtesans
Cariani and the Courtesans01987HD
When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger...
- 1998
The Stringer
The Stringer4.2861998HD
Vadik Chernyshov is an impoverished dreamer who spends his life drifting though Moscow with a video camera, hoping to shoot footage that will...
- 1993
Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond
Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond101993HD
The second part of a BBC documentary on the latter half of the career of French director Jean Renoir.
- 1992
Granada: From the North
Granada: From the North01992HD
The story of Granada, the company responsible for Britain's most enduring soap opera Coronation Street, the current affairs series World in Action,...
- 1998
The Perfect Blue
The Perfect Blue5.81998HD
When Sunny and Tom are reunited shortly before their respective weddings, the former lovers realize how much they still love each other. The pair...
- 2015
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...52015HD
The first major profile of the great British film director Nicolas Roeg, examining his very personal vision of cinema as in such films as Don't Look...
- 2006
Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart52006HD
Drama about a woman who works as a personal shopper in a glamorous department store who becomes seduced by the opulent lives of her clients, with...
- 1993
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II101993HD
Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.
- 1979
Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives
Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives01979HD
Dramatizations and actual archival film footage and photographs combine to relate the life of American composer Charles Ives and to document the...
- 1992
Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro
Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro61992HD
Documentary about Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer of Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor, Reds, Il Confimista, 1900. Vittorio Storaro talks about his...
- 1963
Francis Bacon: Paintings 1941 - 1962
Francis Bacon: Paintings 1941 - 196201963HD
A documentary feature that attempts to approach the meaning of Francis Bacon's vision of the human predicament, without using words, just solely...
- 1990
Rossellini
Rossellini01990HD
A profile of the film director Roberto Rossellini, looking at his life, personality and films, following his career and his relationship with Ingrid...
- 1974
Monet in London
Monet in London01974HD
A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at Monet's work in London, particularly with the development of the theme of the dispersion of light by...
- 2001
When I Was 12
When I Was 1202001HD
Newly arrived on a Burnley housing estate is twelve-year-old Chloe, who, with her alcoholic single mother and abusive older brother, has been...
- 2006
A Canterbury Trail
A Canterbury Trail02006HD
BBC producer/director David Thompson follows a group of admirers of the film A Canterbury Tale (1944) on their annual location walk in 2005. As this...