Mark Rappaport

Mark Rappaport

Mark Rappaport, a native of New York, worked as a film editor before making his own films, including The Scenic Route (1978), Impostors (1980), Postcards (1990) and Exterior Night (1994). His fictional film-essays include Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992), From the Journals of Jean Seberg (1995) and The Silver Screen / Color Me Lavender (1998). Many of his articles on cinema have been published in Trafic over the years, as well as in Cinema. The spectator who knew too much is the first collection of his writings. In 2008, his photomontage film was screened for the first time at the Lincoln Center in New York, as part of the New York Film Festival. Mark Rappaport currently lives in Paris.

  • Title: Mark Rappaport
  • Popularity: 2.341
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1942-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Brighton Beach, New York, USA
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Mark Rappaport Movies

  • 1980
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    Mark Rappaport: The TV Spin-Off

    Mark Rappaport: The TV Spin-Off

    4 1980 HD

    In Mark Rappaport: The TV Spin-off, the filmmaker conducts a guided tour of his work that explains everything... and nothing. Rappaport shows himself...

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  • 2016
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    Tati vs. Bresson: The Gag

    Tati vs. Bresson: The Gag

    4 2016 HD

    Jacques Tati and Robert Bresson were very different directors, yet the way they structure a scene is very similar.

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  • 2016
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    Debra Paget, For Example

    Debra Paget, For Example

    3.2 2016 HD

    A video essay where the author presumes motivations and insights in a fictionalized biography regarding Debra Paget, a contract player for...

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  • 2020
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    The Stendhal Syndrome or My Dinner with Turhan Bey

    The Stendhal Syndrome or My Dinner with Turhan Bey

    2 2020 HD

    Joan Crawford's close-up in Humoresque. Michelangelo's David and Boticelli's "Birth of Venus". Stendhal was overwhelmed by the cultural...

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  • 2021
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    Two for the Opera Box

    Two for the Opera Box

    2.5 2021 HD

    In the Hollywood's studio system, sets and equipment were used over and over again. Maybe this is why movies seem to have a dream logic today. A...

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  • 1967
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    Friends

    Friends

    1 1967 HD

    Scenes from New York in the 1960s. Four young people, friendship, jealousy, separation.

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  • 1967
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    Friends

    Friends

    1 1967 HD

    Scenes from New York in the 1960s. Four young people, friendship, jealousy, separation.

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  • 2021
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    Two for the Opera Box

    Two for the Opera Box

    2.5 2021 HD

    In the Hollywood's studio system, sets and equipment were used over and over again. Maybe this is why movies seem to have a dream logic today. A...

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  • 2020
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    The Stendhal Syndrome or My Dinner with Turhan Bey

    The Stendhal Syndrome or My Dinner with Turhan Bey

    2 2020 HD

    Joan Crawford's close-up in Humoresque. Michelangelo's David and Boticelli's "Birth of Venus". Stendhal was overwhelmed by the cultural...

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  • 1992
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    Rock Hudson's Home Movies

    Rock Hudson's Home Movies

    3.5 1992 HD

    In this revisionist documentary, actor Eric Farr re-creates the character of Rock Hudson in order to take a look back at his films. It compares the...

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  • 1992
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    Rock Hudson's Home Movies

    Rock Hudson's Home Movies

    3.5 1992 HD

    In this revisionist documentary, actor Eric Farr re-creates the character of Rock Hudson in order to take a look back at his films. It compares the...

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  • 2021
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    Love in the Time of Corona

    Love in the Time of Corona

    2.5 2021 HD

    A video essay by Mark Rappaport, which spans René Magritte and Michelangelo to Bonnie & Clyde. Let’s mask up to rob a bank! But make...

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  • 2021
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    Love in the Time of Corona

    Love in the Time of Corona

    2.5 2021 HD

    A video essay by Mark Rappaport, which spans René Magritte and Michelangelo to Bonnie & Clyde. Let’s mask up to rob a bank! But make...

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  • 1995
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    From the Journals of Jean Seberg

    From the Journals of Jean Seberg

    5.8 1995 HD

    Mark Rappaport's creative bio-pic about actress Jean Seberg is presented in a first-person, autobiographical format. He seamlessly interweaves...

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  • 1992
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    Rock Hudson's Home Movies

    Rock Hudson's Home Movies

    3.5 1992 HD

    In this revisionist documentary, actor Eric Farr re-creates the character of Rock Hudson in order to take a look back at his films. It compares the...

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  • 2007
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    Bratz

    Bratz

    5.727 2007 HD

    The popular Bratz dolls come to life in their first live-action feature film. Finding themselves being pulled further and further apart, the...

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  • 1978
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    The Scenic Route

    The Scenic Route

    5.2 1978 HD

    An experimental drama that spins the tale of a woman, her sister, and the man who completes the triangle. Told through such fertile sources as grand...

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  • 1979
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    Impostors

    Impostors

    6 1979 HD

    One of Mark Rappaport's later narratives (which won the Gold Hugo for Best First Feature at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1979),...

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  • 1977
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    Local Color

    Local Color

    5.7 1977 HD

    Mark Rappaport's off center soap opera parody concerning several characters including a barber, his wife, and a pair of incestuous twins.

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  • 1985
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    Chain Letters

    Chain Letters

    5.889 1985 HD

    Nine Manhattanites receive a chain letter. Depending on their decision to either pass the letter on or to break the chain, the various characters can...

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  • 1985
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    Chain Letters

    Chain Letters

    5.889 1985 HD

    Nine Manhattanites receive a chain letter. Depending on their decision to either pass the letter on or to break the chain, the various characters can...

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  • 2002
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    John Garfield

    John Garfield

    6 2002 HD

    Mark Rappaport's look at the life and work of actor John Garfield.

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  • 2002
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    John Garfield

    John Garfield

    6 2002 HD

    Mark Rappaport's look at the life and work of actor John Garfield.

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  • 1967
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    Mur 19

    Mur 19

    5 1967 HD

    Mark Rappaport's first film—a study of a young man named Gerald Mur.

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  • 1971
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    Blue Streak

    Blue Streak

    3 1971 HD

    An adroit expansion on the notion of a "blue" movie, Mark Rappaport's early short BLUE STREAK contrasts the rarified realm of classical composition...

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  • 1975
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    Mozart in Love

    Mozart in Love

    4.7 1975 HD

    An irreverent take on Mozart's relations with the three Weber sisters: Louisa, whom he loved, but who didn't love him; Constanza, whom he loved and...

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  • 1990
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    Postcards

    Postcards

    7 1990 HD

    A separated couple try to keep in touch through postcards of typically "American" sights: motels, monuments, parks; but their postcards cross in the...

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  • 1997
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    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    5 1997 HD

    A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one...

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  • 1997
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    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    5 1997 HD

    A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one...

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  • 1991
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    Subspecies

    Subspecies

    5.4 1991 HD

    Three students get caught in the struggle between a good vampire and his evil brother in the Transylvanian mountains.

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  • 1974
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    Casual Relations

    Casual Relations

    5.3 1974 HD

    In Rappaport’s dazzling and bizarre feature-length debut, he focuses on states of imaginative possession and dispossession, demonstrating how...

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  • 2007
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    Jean Seberg

    Jean Seberg

    9.5 2007 HD

    After a much-publicized but brief stint in Hollywood, Jean Seberg was selected by Jean-Luc Godard to star in BREATHLESS. It was to become the...

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  • 1993
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    Exterior Night

    Exterior Night

    5.5 1993 HD

    Shot in high-definition video using rear-screen process plates from classic Warner Bros. films noirs. A young man (in color) searches for his past...

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  • 1993
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    Exterior Night

    Exterior Night

    5.5 1993 HD

    Shot in high-definition video using rear-screen process plates from classic Warner Bros. films noirs. A young man (in color) searches for his past...

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  • 2015
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    Our Stars

    Our Stars

    4 2015 HD

    Stars of the 1940s and 1950s, were they cast for their mutual affinities or for their commercial appeal? If and when they were re-starred years...

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  • 2014
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    Becoming Anita Ekberg

    Becoming Anita Ekberg

    6 2014 HD

    BECOMING ANITA EKBERG is an exploration of how the construct of "Anita Ekberg" became an internationally famous sex goddess as a result of the...

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  • 2015
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    The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk

    The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk

    5.6 2015 HD

    A video essay exploring the frequency and meaning of that particular prop in a wide variety of Sirk movies. Is it a device that traps and keeps women...

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  • 2015
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    I, Dalio

    I, Dalio

    6.4 2015 HD

    The great French actor, Marcel Dalio, who has the lead role in Jean Renoir's THE RULES OF THE GAME, also appears in Renoir's GRAND ILLUSION. In both...

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  • 2022
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    Martin und Hans

    Martin und Hans

    1 2022 HD

    A fictional biography of Hollywood actors Martin Kosleck and Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, both of whom fled Hitler-era Germany to live a...

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  • 1995
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    From the Journals of Jean Seberg

    From the Journals of Jean Seberg

    5.8 1995 HD

    Mark Rappaport's creative bio-pic about actress Jean Seberg is presented in a first-person, autobiographical format. He seamlessly interweaves...

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    From the Journals of Jean Seberg

    From the Journals of Jean Seberg

    5.8 1995 HD

    Mark Rappaport's creative bio-pic about actress Jean Seberg is presented in a first-person, autobiographical format. He seamlessly interweaves...

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    Mark Rappaport: The TV Spin-Off

    Mark Rappaport: The TV Spin-Off

    4 1980 HD

    In Mark Rappaport: The TV Spin-off, the filmmaker conducts a guided tour of his work that explains everything... and nothing. Rappaport shows himself...

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  • 2015
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    The Circle Closes

    The Circle Closes

    6 2015 HD

    An examination of four different films which to varying degrees center on a prop or an object or an item that crosses various characters' lives and...

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  • 2016
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    Debra Paget, For Example

    Debra Paget, For Example

    3.2 2016 HD

    A video essay where the author presumes motivations and insights in a fictionalized biography regarding Debra Paget, a contract player for...

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  • 2015
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    Max & James & Danielle

    Max & James & Danielle

    6 2015 HD

    Max Ophuls is the legendary director and two of his favorite actors are James Mason and Danielle Darrieux. Mason and Darrieux were each in several...

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  • 1971
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    Blue Streak

    Blue Streak

    3 1971 HD

    An adroit expansion on the notion of a "blue" movie, Mark Rappaport's early short BLUE STREAK contrasts the rarified realm of classical composition...

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  • 1978
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    The Scenic Route

    The Scenic Route

    5.2 1978 HD

    An experimental drama that spins the tale of a woman, her sister, and the man who completes the triangle. Told through such fertile sources as grand...

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    The Scenic Route

    The Scenic Route

    5.2 1978 HD

    An experimental drama that spins the tale of a woman, her sister, and the man who completes the triangle. Told through such fertile sources as grand...

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    The Scenic Route

    The Scenic Route

    5.2 1978 HD

    An experimental drama that spins the tale of a woman, her sister, and the man who completes the triangle. Told through such fertile sources as grand...

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  • 2016
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    Chris Olsen: The Boy Who Cried

    Chris Olsen: The Boy Who Cried

    6 2016 HD

    In the movies since he was an infant, Chris Olsen appeared in films by some of the best directors of the 1950's. Even though he never became a...

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  • 2017
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    Sergei/Sir Gay

    Sergei/Sir Gay

    4.7 2017 HD

    As a teenager, Sergei Eisenstein signed his drawings with "Sir Gay". Mark Rappaport sees clear signs of his sexual preferences throughout the...

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  • 2016
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    Tati vs. Bresson: The Gag

    Tati vs. Bresson: The Gag

    4 2016 HD

    Jacques Tati and Robert Bresson were very different directors, yet the way they structure a scene is very similar.

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    The Empty Screen

    The Empty Screen

    1 2017 HD

    A video essay from Mark Rappaport about movies in movies, and how the screen watches us just as we watch it.

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  • 2017
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    The Double Life of Paul Henreid

    The Double Life of Paul Henreid

    6 2017 HD

    Paul Henreid, perhaps most famous for his roles in CASABLANCA and NOW, VOYAGER became a star at Warner Brothers during World War II, as the exotic...

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  • 2022
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    Rope’s End

    Rope’s End

    1.5 2022 HD

    A fictionalized biography on John Dall who was in two great movies - Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948) and Joseph H. Lewis’ Gun Crazy (1950).

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  • 2022
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    Rope’s End

    Rope’s End

    1.5 2022 HD

    A fictionalized biography on John Dall who was in two great movies - Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948) and Joseph H. Lewis’ Gun Crazy (1950).

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  • 2023
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    The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein

    The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein

    1.5 2023 HD

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  • 1979
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    Impostors

    Impostors

    6 1979 HD

    One of Mark Rappaport's later narratives (which won the Gold Hugo for Best First Feature at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1979),...

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    Impostors

    Impostors

    6 1979 HD

    One of Mark Rappaport's later narratives (which won the Gold Hugo for Best First Feature at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1979),...

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    Local Color

    Local Color

    5.7 1977 HD

    Mark Rappaport's off center soap opera parody concerning several characters including a barber, his wife, and a pair of incestuous twins.

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    Local Color

    Local Color

    5.7 1977 HD

    Mark Rappaport's off center soap opera parody concerning several characters including a barber, his wife, and a pair of incestuous twins.

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Mozart in Love

    Mozart in Love

    4.7 1975 HD

    An irreverent take on Mozart's relations with the three Weber sisters: Louisa, whom he loved, but who didn't love him; Constanza, whom he loved and...

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Mozart in Love

    Mozart in Love

    4.7 1975 HD

    An irreverent take on Mozart's relations with the three Weber sisters: Louisa, whom he loved, but who didn't love him; Constanza, whom he loved and...

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Mozart in Love

    Mozart in Love

    4.7 1975 HD

    An irreverent take on Mozart's relations with the three Weber sisters: Louisa, whom he loved, but who didn't love him; Constanza, whom he loved and...

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  • 2017
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    Sergei/Sir Gay

    Sergei/Sir Gay

    4.7 2017 HD

    As a teenager, Sergei Eisenstein signed his drawings with "Sir Gay". Mark Rappaport sees clear signs of his sexual preferences throughout the...

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  • 2017
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    Sergei/Sir Gay

    Sergei/Sir Gay

    4.7 2017 HD

    As a teenager, Sergei Eisenstein signed his drawings with "Sir Gay". Mark Rappaport sees clear signs of his sexual preferences throughout the...

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    Sergei/Sir Gay

    Sergei/Sir Gay

    4.7 2017 HD

    As a teenager, Sergei Eisenstein signed his drawings with "Sir Gay". Mark Rappaport sees clear signs of his sexual preferences throughout the...

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    Sergei/Sir Gay

    Sergei/Sir Gay

    4.7 2017 HD

    As a teenager, Sergei Eisenstein signed his drawings with "Sir Gay". Mark Rappaport sees clear signs of his sexual preferences throughout the...

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  • 1974
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    Casual Relations

    Casual Relations

    5.3 1974 HD

    In Rappaport’s dazzling and bizarre feature-length debut, he focuses on states of imaginative possession and dispossession, demonstrating how...

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    Casual Relations

    Casual Relations

    5.3 1974 HD

    In Rappaport’s dazzling and bizarre feature-length debut, he focuses on states of imaginative possession and dispossession, demonstrating how...

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  • 2009
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    Flower Girl

    Flower Girl

    5.9 2009 HD

    Dr. Evan Cooper is the ideal match on paper and according to her grandmother, Rose Durham and friends, including an equally pushy wedding planner,...

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  • 2019
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    Will Geer: America's Grandpa

    Will Geer: America's Grandpa

    2 2019 HD

    Blacklisted gay communist 1940’s character actor Will Geer became Grandpa Walton in the hit series “The Waltons”. How so?

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  • 2019
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    Conrad Veidt: My Life

    Conrad Veidt: My Life

    1 2019 HD

    German actor Conrad Veidt is best remembered for playing Nazi Major Strasser in Casablanca. In reality, he was an ardent anti-fascist who left Nazi...

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  • 2019
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    Conrad Veidt: My Life

    Conrad Veidt: My Life

    1 2019 HD

    German actor Conrad Veidt is best remembered for playing Nazi Major Strasser in Casablanca. In reality, he was an ardent anti-fascist who left Nazi...

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  • 2017
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    Private Screenings

    Private Screenings

    1 2017 HD

    The screening room used to be a microcosm of a larger world, filled with churning emotions and explosive temperaments. Welcome to the comfortable...

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  • 2017
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    Private Screenings

    Private Screenings

    1 2017 HD

    The screening room used to be a microcosm of a larger world, filled with churning emotions and explosive temperaments. Welcome to the comfortable...

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  • 2020
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    Anna/Nana/Nana/Anna

    Anna/Nana/Nana/Anna

    2.5 2020 HD

    A tribute to actresses, approaching their presence in and out the screen, humanizing the icons. From the Ukrainian Anna Sten to the French Anna...

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  • 2020
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    Last Year in Dachau

    Last Year in Dachau

    4 2020 HD

    Near Munich, in Bavaria, Germany, is the Schleißheim Palace, where French filmmaker Alain Resnais shot his film Last Year at Marienbad in 1960....

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  • 2020
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    Last Year in Dachau

    Last Year in Dachau

    4 2020 HD

    Near Munich, in Bavaria, Germany, is the Schleißheim Palace, where French filmmaker Alain Resnais shot his film Last Year at Marienbad in 1960....

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    The Empty Screen

    The Empty Screen

    1 2017 HD

    A video essay from Mark Rappaport about movies in movies, and how the screen watches us just as we watch it.

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Chain Letters

    Chain Letters

    5.889 1985 HD

    Nine Manhattanites receive a chain letter. Depending on their decision to either pass the letter on or to break the chain, the various characters can...

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  • 1985
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    Chain Letters

    Chain Letters

    5.889 1985 HD

    Nine Manhattanites receive a chain letter. Depending on their decision to either pass the letter on or to break the chain, the various characters can...

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  • 1992
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    Rock Hudson's Home Movies

    Rock Hudson's Home Movies

    3.5 1992 HD

    In this revisionist documentary, actor Eric Farr re-creates the character of Rock Hudson in order to take a look back at his films. It compares the...

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  • 1968
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    The Virgin President

    The Virgin President

    7 1968 HD

    The President of the U.S. is suceeded by his naive, wide-eyed son, and his advisors try to take advantage of the situation by planning to drop an...

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