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Day for Night
Why this pick
A warmly observant, self-reflexive portrait of a film crew, balancing production mishaps, artistic compromise and affection for the strange communal machinery of making movies.
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MOVIE1995 1h 29m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film is divided into three parts, all of which concern the making of a low-budget movie featuring the same film director, crew and substantially the same cast.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Steve Buscemi
Nick Reve
Rica Martens
Cora
Robert Wightman
Gaffer
Catherine Keener
Nicole Springer
Dermot Mulroney
Wolf
James Le Gros
Chad Palomino
Peter Dinklage
Tito
Kevin Corrigan
Assistant Camera