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Filmworker
Directed by
Tony Zierra
Not Rated
2018
1h 34m
Documentary
,
Biography
7.4
95%
84%
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A documentary about how English actor Leon Vitali came to work as an assistant to American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick for over 30 years.
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Cast of Filmworker
Leon Vitali
Self
Ryan O'Neal
Self
Danny Lloyd
Self
Matthew Modine
Self
R. Lee Ermey
Self
Stellan Skarsgård
Self
Marie Richardson
Self
Tim Colceri
Self
Julian Senior
Self
Pernilla August
Self
Lisa Leone
Self
Vera Vitali
Self
Max Vitali
Self
Masha Vitali
Self
Chris Vitali
Self
Tim Vitali
Self
Maria Hayward
Self
Treva Etienne
Self
Brian Capron
Self
Beverly Wood
Self
Jacob Rosenberg
Self
Phil Rosenthal
Self
Colin Mossman
Self
Steve Southgate
Self
Warren Lieberfarb
Self
Mike Alfreds
Self
Nick Redman
Self
Brain Jamieson
Self
Tony Zierra
Director / Producer
Elizabeth Yoffe
Producer
Filmworker Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
There's plenty of production detail for Kubrick nuts, though the two competing narratives (Kubrick the genius, Kubrick the tyrant) won't surprise anyone.
812filmreviews
Robert Daniels
If there is a cult around Kubrick, Vitali was the first card carrying member.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
That's where the greatest qualms may come in this stylish and sometimes overly reverential portrait: It's as if Vitali never really existed without the director.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
"Filmworker" is a first-rate account of the ongoing creative process some call dysfunctional. Well, anyone would call it that, actually. But some would also call it worth it.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
"Filmworker's" greatest value lies in pulling the lens back to allow viewers to understand film as a deeply collaborative medium, one in which even the most venerated auteurs cannot accomplish their greatest feats alone.
San Diego Reader
Scott Marks
Next time you watch a Kubruck movie, take note of the high-contrast black and white, or of how consistent the colors have remained over the decades. Thanks, Mr. Vitale!
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Tony Zierra's fond and slightly unsettling film is, among other things, a reminder of the egolessness necessary for great egos to flourish.
Los Angeles Times
Glenn Whipp
But as a portrait of a man who surrendered his career and much of his life to the service of a master, "Filmworker" proves compelling, particularly for those with a passing interest in Kubrick.
RogerEbert.com
Godfrey Cheshire
As [Vitali] recalls these experiences, we get behind-the-scenes glimpses of Kubrick at work on his last films, though how substantive these are depends to an extent on who's interviewed (or not).
NPR
Andrew Lapin
Watching Filmworker as a cinephile, it's easy to be awed by the Zen-like devotion of Vitali's life's work. But it's also possible to be simultaneously filled with rage at the way people like him are simply left to run endlessly on their hamster wheels.
AV Club
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Compelling, despite its modest and uneven means.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
"Filmworker" amounts to yet another rite of devotion in the ongoing cult of Kubrick-a cult that worked its power not just on Vitali but on all of modern cinema.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
The portrait he creates of his former boss reveals a man of great curiosity, generosity and creativity, but also a frequently imperious and unreasonably demanding perfectionist.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
Filmworker is a portrait of an unsung hero, a revealing look at how Kubrick's films were made and a psychological sketch of a would-be Da Vinci determined to keep dusting and polishing someone else's Sistine Chapel.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
Tony Zierra interviews Leon Vitali at length, and he's a commanding camera object with an obvious wellspring of longing and pain.
Village Voice
Bilge Ebiri
[An] entertaining and informative documentary...
The Playlist
Jessica Kiang
Cinema would be much the poorer without Stanley Kubrick's legacy, but "Filmworker" emphatically proves that Stanley Kubrick's legacy would be much the poorer without Leon Vitali.
RogerEbert.com
Ben Kenigsberg
Filmworker isn't simply about Kubrick, or Vitali. In a sense, it's the ultimate fan story: a tale of what it means to live vicariously through a genius.
The Hollywood Reporter
Stephen Farber
The film honors the hard-working, often unacknowledged craftsmen in the film industry and stirs provocative questions about the fine line between legitimate devotion to an artist and dangerous hero worship.
IndieWire
Michael Nordine
Zierra has found a truly unsung hero here.
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