Bret Wood Movies

  • 2003
    Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

    Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

    Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

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    This film covers the early history of post World War II educational films, especially those involving traffic safety by the Highway Safety Foundation...

    Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
  • 2010
    Three Ages: Tour of Filming Locations

    Three Ages: Tour of Filming Locations

    Three Ages: Tour of Filming Locations

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    This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, reveals the locations...

    Three Ages: Tour of Filming Locations
  • 1998
    Kingdom of Shadows

    Kingdom of Shadows

    Kingdom of Shadows

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    Narrated by Rod Steiger, this documentary examines the frightful conventions from which the modern-day horror movie has evolved, featuring clips from...

    Kingdom of Shadows
  • 2014
    The Unwanted

    The Unwanted

    The Unwanted

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    Carmilla comes to a rural town where her mother mysteriously disappeared years earlier. She is aided in her quest by an emotionally troubled local...

    The Unwanted
  • 2011
    The Frozen North: Keaton's Darkest Comedy

    The Frozen North: Keaton's Darkest Comedy

    The Frozen North: Keaton's Darkest Comedy

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    A short documentary on Buster Keaton's The Frozen North (1922), regarding how the events of Fatty Arbuckle's trial and William S. Hart's quick...

    The Frozen North: Keaton's Darkest Comedy
  • 2010
    Sherlock Jr.: Tour of Filming Locations

    Sherlock Jr.: Tour of Filming Locations

    Sherlock Jr.: Tour of Filming Locations

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    This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, reveals the locations...

    Sherlock Jr.: Tour of Filming Locations
  • 2011
    A Cast of Characters: My Wife's Relations

    A Cast of Characters: My Wife's Relations

    A Cast of Characters: My Wife's Relations

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    The actors in My Wife's Relations (1922) are discussed in this documentary.

    A Cast of Characters: My Wife's Relations
  • 2011
    Making Comedy Beautiful: Our Hospitality and the Birth of Buster Keaton's Features

    Making Comedy Beautiful: Our Hospitality and the Birth of Buster Keaton's Features

    Making Comedy Beautiful: Our Hospitality and the Birth of Buster Keaton's Features

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    Short documentary about Buster Keaton's first venture into features.

    Making Comedy Beautiful: Our Hospitality and the Birth of Buster Keaton's Features
  • 2009
    The General: Tour of Filming Locations

    The General: Tour of Filming Locations

    The General: Tour of Filming Locations

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    In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, pinpoints the locations...

    The General: Tour of Filming Locations
  • 2006
    Psychopathia Sexualis

    Psychopathia Sexualis

    Psychopathia Sexualis

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    Multi-narrative adaptation of Richard v. Krafft-Ebing's notorious medico-forensic study of sexual perversity.

    Psychopathia Sexualis
  • 2010
    The Little Death

    The Little Death

    The Little Death

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    An erotic thriller from the director of Psychopathia Sexualis, THE LITTLE DEATH offers a peek into the seedy boudoirs of a Victorian-era brothel,...

    The Little Death
  • 2023
    The Terror of Tarheel State: Making The Dark Power

    The Terror of Tarheel State: Making The Dark Power

    The Terror of Tarheel State: Making The Dark Power

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    Documentary on the making of The Dark Power.

    The Terror of Tarheel State: Making The Dark Power
  • 2011
    The Goat Is Not a Goat

    The Goat Is Not a Goat

    The Goat Is Not a Goat

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    A short documentary on the works of Buster Keaton.

    The Goat Is Not a Goat
  • 2011
    The High Sign: A Filmmaker Emerges

    The High Sign: A Filmmaker Emerges

    The High Sign: A Filmmaker Emerges

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    Documentary about Buster Keaton's The 'High Sign' (1921) and Keaton's developing style.

    The High Sign: A Filmmaker Emerges
  • 2011
    The Haunted House: Gags and Growth

    The Haunted House: Gags and Growth

    The Haunted House: Gags and Growth

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    Documentary about the development of Buster Keaton's The Haunted House (1921).

    The Haunted House: Gags and Growth
  • 2016
    Pioneers of African-American Cinema: About the Restoration

    Pioneers of African-American Cinema: About the Restoration

    Pioneers of African-American Cinema: About the Restoration

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    "About the Restoration" provides an overview of the recovery effort, hosted by Bret Wood. Also of interest are examples of movie making mistakes that...

    Pioneers of African-American Cinema: About the Restoration
  • 2023
    Against the Grain

    Against the Grain

    Against the Grain

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    A glimpse at how genre film-focused home video companies have taken the charge in preserving, restoring, and releasing so many works which otherwise...

    Against the Grain
  • 2011
    The Paleface... And Other Titles

    The Paleface... And Other Titles

    The Paleface... And Other Titles

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    A discussion on restoring title cards to English from foreign source prints.

    The Paleface... And Other Titles
  • 2011
    Silent Echoes: Seven Chances

    Silent Echoes: Seven Chances

    Silent Echoes: Seven Chances

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    In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, provides a tour of where...

    Silent Echoes: Seven Chances
  • 1970
    The Story Behind 'The Man Who Laughs'

    The Story Behind 'The Man Who Laughs'

    The Story Behind 'The Man Who Laughs'

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    The story behind the casting and production of the classic Universal Studios silent film The Man Who Laughs

    The Story Behind 'The Man Who Laughs'