Rebecca Miller’s Adventures in Moviegoing
9 Episodes
The filmmaker and novelist shares stories of discovering movies with her artistically adventurous parents and explores her taste for emotionally gripping films that push the boundaries of realism.
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22:43Episode 1
Rebecca Miller in Conversation
Episode 1
The author and filmmaker on a lifetime of moviegoing
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03:33Episode 2
Rebecca Miller on CHILDREN OF PARADISE
Episode 2
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3:10:26Episode 3
Children of Paradise
Episode 3
Directed by Marcel Carné • 1945 • France
Starring Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre BrasseurPoetic realism reached sublime heights with CHILDREN OF PARADISE, widely considered one of the greatest French films of all time. This nimble depiction of nineteenth-century Paris’s theatrical demimon...
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04:22Episode 4
Rebecca Miller on LE NOTTI BIANCHE
Episode 4
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1:41:45Episode 5
Le notti bianche
Episode 5
Directed by Luchino Visconti • 1957 • Italy
Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Maria SchellMarcello Mastroianni, as a lonely city transplant, and Maria Schell, as a sheltered girl haunted by a lover’s promise, meet by chance on a canal bridge and begin a tentative romance that quickly entangles the...
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02:45Episode 6
Rebecca Miller on DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE
Episode 6
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1:44:52Episode 7
Divorce Italian Style
Episode 7
Directed by Pietro Germi • 1961 • Italy
Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Stefania Sandrelli, Daniela RoccaBaron Ferdinando Cefalù (Marcello Mastroianni) longs to marry his nubile young cousin Angela (Stefania Sandrelli), but one obstacle stands in his way: his fatuous and fawning wife, Rosalia (D...
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03:34Episode 8
Rebecca Miller on VAGABOND
Episode 8
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Vagabond
Episode 9
Directed by Agnès Varda • 1985 • France
Starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane FreissSandrine Bonnaire won the Best Actress César for her portrayal of the defiant young drifter Mona, found frozen to death in a ditch at the beginning of VAGABOND. Agnès Varda pieces together Mona’s sto...