Top 20 movies like The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins

The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins

This feature documentary is a portrait of Peter Watkins, an Oscar®-winning British filmmaker who, for the past 4 decades, has proved that films can be made without compromise. With the proliferation of TV channels, documentaries are enjoying an unprecedented boom fuelled by audiences seeking an alternative to infotainment. But now documentary filmmaking, too, finds itself constrained by the imperatives of television. However, there is a rebel resisting this uniformity of the spirit. Pre-eminent among today's documentary filmmakers concerned about this mind-numbing standardization, Peter Watkins has never strayed from either his principles or the cause.

The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins is of 1 hour(s) and 17 minute(s). It is Produced By:  ONF | NFB. It was released on 2001-09-07. It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

Genres: DocumentaryHistory

1. Q

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When growing up in a community where gang violence is a way of life and Basketball is a way to escape it.

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5. Princess Cursed in Time: Alchemist's Quest (Princezna zakletá v čase 2)

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6. Q

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7. Chain Reaction

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8. Q (ق)

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9. Ichi the Killer (殺し屋1)

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10. Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)

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