2016
Not Rated
Milestone Film & Video
2 h 9 m

2016
Not Rated
Milestone Film & Video
2 h 9 m

Summary Notfilm is a feature-length experimental essay on Film—its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster Keaton, its production and its philosophical implications—utilizing additional outtakes, never before heard audio recordings of the production meetings, and other rare archival elements.

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Directed By: Ross Lipman

Written By: Ross Lipman

2016
Not Rated
Milestone Film & Video
2 h 9 m

2016
Not Rated
Milestone Film & Video
2 h 9 m

Notfilm

Name: Notfilm
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-04-01
Duration: 2 min 9 s
Rating: 81
Cast: Ross Lipman, Kevin Brownlow, Judith Douw, S.E. Gontarski, James Karen

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Los Angeles Times

Mar 31, 2016

For all its gifted collaborators, "Film" was not a match made in heaven. But for moviegoers who care about film not just as a title, Notfilm can be unreservedly recommended.

By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Mar 30, 2016

[A] studious, rigorous, and surprisingly tender documentary.

By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Mar 28, 2016

Ross Lipman's gloriously egalitarian approach to culture means that his complex argumentation never becomes inaccessible.

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The New York Times

Mar 31, 2016

A charming, earnest, sometimes ungainly mixture of history, criticism and high-minded gossip, Notfilm testifies to an almost inexhaustible fascination with the pleasures and paradoxes of cinema.

By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Milestone Film & Video, Corpus Fluxus

Release Date Apr 1, 2016

Duration 2 h 9 m

Rating Not Rated

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Notfilm

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Ross Lipman

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Kevin Brownlow

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Judith Douw

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S.E. Gontarski

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James Karen

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James Knowlson

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Leonard Maltin

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Mark Nixon

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Barney Rosset

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Steve Schapiro

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Jean Schneider

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Jeannette Seaver

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Haskell Wexler

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Billie Whitelaw

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Samuel Beckett

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Boris Kaufman

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Buster Keaton

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Milton Perlman

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Charles Chaplin

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Alan Schneider

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