Name: Cinema, Cinema
Genre: Documentary, Experimental
Released: 1996
Duration: 1 min 11 s

Brief Synopsis

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

Cinema

Genre

Documentary

Experimental

Release Date

1996

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 11m

Synopsis

For the occasion of cinema's centenary, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the most controversial and popular Iranian filmmaker, runs a casting advertisement in newspapers calling for 100 actors to audition for parts in his new film "Salaam Cinema." Some 5,000 people show up and a near riot occures. In the next eight days Makhmalbaf auditions 1,000 applicants and shoots all the proceedures as the main part of his film. He probes each applicant to see why they want so desperately to be actors and to what extent they are prepared to go in order to reach their goal. "Cinema, Cinema" is a film about Makhmalbaf making "Salaam Cinema." Through a behind-the-scenes approach we discover how he works with his crew and how he is able to manipulate and effect each performance, sometimes even being manipulatied himself.