The Typewriter, the rifle and the movie camera

United Kingdom, 1996

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A fascinating documentary about Sam Fuller, of one of Hollywood’s most illustrious writers and directors. Tim Robbins and director Adam Simon travelled to Paris, where Fuller resided for thirteen years until the mid nineties, to interview him. Through conversations with Fuller the film explores his biographical and stylistic roots and examines the three primary phases of his professional life as a newspaperman, a soldier and as a filmmaker. Observations from Jim Jarmusch, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino and extracts from Fuller’s films reveal an extraordinary portrait of one of Hollywood’s true mavericks.

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Credits

director

Adam Simon

co-producer

Colin MacCabe

Paula Jalfon

production company

BFI

Channel Four

Havoc Inc

Independent Film Channel

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Duration

00:55:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1996

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