This film essay is inspired by Leonid Trauberg's eponymous autobiographical text. It also sheds light on his public condemnation in 1949 as a leader of the "cosmopolitans," accused of "only causing harm to Soviet cinema," as well as his enthusiasm for silent slapstick comedies, the novels of P.G. Wodehouse and G.K. Chesterton, and his fascination with the lost FEKS film, The Adventures of Octobrine.

Room 237
2012
6.1/10

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
6.9/10

Vampir Cuadecuc
1972
6.1/10

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
6.0/10

The Skywalker Legacy
2020
7.9/10

The Director and the Jedi
2018
7.4/10

Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
7.8/10

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
6.9/10

Sidney
2022
7.0/10

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
7.8/10

Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
2014
7.8/10

I Am Heath Ledger
2017
7.4/10

Heart of a Dog
2015
6.5/10

Directed by John Ford
1971
7.0/10

Corman's World
2011
7.0/10

S4: The Bob Lazar Story
2026
8.3/10

Love, Marilyn
2013
6.5/10

My Mom Jayne
2025
8.0/10

Cameraperson
2016
6.7/10

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
2006
7.3/10
Untitled #29.95
1999
0/10