What Is Cinema?
2013, English. Directed by Chuck Workman.
Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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What Is Cinema? is streaming on Cohen Media in India.
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- Released
- 6 September 2013
- Country
- United States of America, France, Canada
- Written by
- Chuck Workman
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What Is Cinema? runs 80 minutes (1h 20m).
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What Is Cinema? is streaming on Cohen Media in India. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed What Is Cinema??
What Is Cinema? (2013) was directed by Chuck Workman and stars Chantal Akerman, Robert Altman, David Lynch.