Notfilm [blu-ray]

Notfilm is the feature-length movie/documentary about the 1965 motion picture, "Film", a production by Samuel Beckett and Buster Keaton and directed by Alan Schneider. Includes outtakes, never before heard audio recordings of the production meetings, and other archival information.

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.

Bonus features: The street scene: a lost scene reconstruction from the film outtakes (6 min.) ; "What if E's eyes were closed?" audio recordings of Beckett, Kaufman and Schneider (7 min., with English captioning) ; Buster Keaton and Film: James Karen in conversation (42 min.) ; Memories of Samuel Beckett: an afternoon with James Knowlson (8 min.) ; Jean Schneider: memories of Alan Schneider (11 min.) ; Jeannette Seaver: Beckett and "Godot" (4 min.) ; Photographing Film: photographing Beckett: Steve Schapiro and I.C. Rapoport in conversation (7 min.) ; Photo gallery ; The music of Notfilm: downloadable MP3 Recordings by Mihály Víg.

Performers:

Featuring: Kevin Brownlow, Judith Douw, S. E. Gontarski, James Karen, James Knowlson, Leonard Maltin, Mark Nixon, Barney Rosset, Steve Schapiro, Jean Schneider, Jennette Seaver, Haskell Wexler, Billie Whitelaw; voices and archival images of Samuel Beckett, Boris Kaufman, Buster Keaton, Milt Perlman, Alan Schneider.

Contents:

Disc one. Notfilm -- Disc two. [Bonus features].

Technical Details:

Blu-ray; 16:9 presentation; DTS HD master audio 5.1.

Personal Subject:

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.

Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966.

Title Subject:

Film (Motion picture : 1965)

Genre:

Documentary films.

Feature films.