Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum

Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum

52 mins | Documentary | May 31, 2017

The film tells the story of the intimate and unprecedented encounter between the photojournalists of the Magnum Agency and the world of cinema. The confrontation of two seemingly opposite worlds – fiction and reality. For 70 years their paths crossed: a family of photographers, amongst them the biggest names in photography, and a family of actors and filmmakers who helped write the history of cinema, from John Huston to Marilyn Monroe to Orson Welles, Kate Winslet and Sean Penn.

Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum

52 mins | Documentary | May 31, 2017

Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum
The film tells the story of the intimate and unprecedented encounter between the photojournalists of the Magnum Agency and the world of cinema. The confrontation of two seemingly opposite worlds – fiction and reality. For 70 years their paths crossed: a family of photographers, amongst them the biggest names in photography, and a family of actors and filmmakers who helped write the history of cinema, from John Huston to Marilyn Monroe to Orson Welles, Kate Winslet and Sean Penn.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers ARTE France Cinéma, Magnum Photos, Films à Cinq
Original title Le cinéma dans l'oeil de Magnum
Directors Sophie Bassaler
Writers Sophie Bassaler

Cast

Isabella Rossellini

as Interviewee

Sophie Bassaler

as Narrator

Eve Arnold

as Interviewee

Bruce Davidson

as Interviewee

Elliott Erwitt

as Interviewee

Jean Gaumy

as Interviewee

David Hurn

as Interviewee

Josef Koudelka

as Interviewee

Constantine Manos

as Interviewee

Peter Marlow

as Interviewee

Paolo Pellegrin

as Interviewee

Gueorgui Pinkhassov

as Interviewee

Dennis Stock

as Interviewee

Peter Van Agtmael

as Interviewee

Patrick Zachmann

as Interviewee

Abbas Attar

as Himself