A portrait of the director Arthur Penn at work on the film ‘Little Big Man’. Using extracts from the film and footage shot behind-the-scene this film illustrates the two main problems involved in the production of a film, the relationship between director and star and the insertion of the director’s personal convictions into his film.
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ACMI Identifier
000573
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Production and direction
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)