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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 43m
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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
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Pamela B. Green's energetic film about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from mem... Read allPamela B. Green's energetic film about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from memory and the path toward her reclamation.Pamela B. Green's energetic film about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from memory and the path toward her reclamation.

  • Director
    • Pamela B. Green
  • Writers
    • Pamela B. Green
    • Joan Simon
    • Alison McMahan
  • Stars
    • Jodie Foster
    • Alice Guy
    • Pamela B. Green
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
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    • Director
      • Pamela B. Green
    • Writers
      • Pamela B. Green
      • Joan Simon
      • Alison McMahan
    • Stars
      • Jodie Foster
      • Alice Guy
      • Pamela B. Green
    • 28User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 11 nominations

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    Jodie Foster
    Jodie Foster
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Alice Guy
    Alice Guy
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Pamela B. Green
    Pamela B. Green
    • Self
    Catherine Hardwicke
    Catherine Hardwicke
    • Self
    Lorenzo di Bonaventura
    Lorenzo di Bonaventura
    • Self
    Howard Cohen
    Howard Cohen
    • Self
    Patty Jenkins
    Patty Jenkins
    • Self
    Gale Anne Hurd
    Gale Anne Hurd
    • Self
    Jon M. Chu
    Jon M. Chu
    • Self
    • (as Jon Chu)
    Mark Romanek
    Mark Romanek
    • Self
    Lake Bell
    Lake Bell
    • Self
    Ava DuVernay
    Ava DuVernay
    • Self
    Julie Delpy
    Julie Delpy
    • Self
    Peter Bogdanovich
    Peter Bogdanovich
    • Self
    Peter Farrelly
    Peter Farrelly
    • Self
    Julie Taymor
    Julie Taymor
    • Self
    Geena Davis
    Geena Davis
    • Self
    Stephanie Allain
    Stephanie Allain
    • Self
    • Director
      • Pamela B. Green
    • Writers
      • Pamela B. Green
      • Joan Simon
      • Alison McMahan
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    • Trivia
      Original written source: "Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema", book by Alison McMahan, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2002, 408 p., ISBN: 978-0826451576.
    • Quotes

      Bob Channing: If it wasn't for people like you, she'd just remain buried.

    • Connections
      Features Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)

    User reviews28

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    8/10
    First woman filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché is brought into the light
    In "Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché," Jodi Foster narrates Pamela B. Green's engaging, fascinating, informative, 103-minute documentary that focuses on the remarkable, obscure career of pioneering, Paris-born, first woman filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché (1873-1968) who wrote, directed, and/or produced more than 1,000 films many with unconventional subject matter through her film production company Solax and tells her story through candid interview snippets with the groundbreaking filmmaker in 1964, excerpts from her letters, and black-and-white film clips and photographs and includes insightful interviews with filmmakers (such as Ava DuVernay, Catherine Hardwicke, Diablo Cody, Patricia Riggen, Tacita Dean, Julie Taymor, John Chu, Ann Fletcher, Liz Goldwyn, Cari Beauchamp, Cecile Starr, Anne Fontaine, Mark Romanek, Peter Farrelly, Floria Sigismondi, Kevin Macdonald, Maxine Haleff, Patty Jenkins, Michel Hazanavicius, Marjane Satpari, and Gary Mairs), actors (such as Sir Ben Kingsley, Julie Delpy, Evan Rachel Wood, Geena Davis, Lake Bell, Andy Samberg, Janeane Garofolo, and Kathleen Turner), producers Marc Abraham and Stephanie Dillain, Co-President of Roadside Attractions Howard Cohen, screenwriter Gale Ann Hurd, film critic Peter Bogdanovich, historians (such as Mark Wanamaker, Anthony Slide, Kevin Brownlow, Glenn Myrent, Alison McMahon, Naum 'Kleiman, and Alan Williams), Guy-Blaché memoirs co-editor Claire Clouzet, film preservationist Serge Bromberg, professors (such as Drake Stutesman, Jane Goenes, Henry Jenkins, Gigi Pritzker, Richard Koszaeski, and Vanessa Schwartz), journalist Jean-Michel Frodon, film editor Walter Murch, film archivist Dino Everett, facial recognition analyst Steve Wilkins, costume designer Deborah Nadvolman Landis, lecturer Roland-Francois Lick, cinematographers (such as Pierre-William Glenn, Claire Wickell, and John Bailey), film collector Murray Glass, visual effects supervisor Mark Stetson, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President John Bailey, and granddaughter Tatiana Page-Relo.
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    • Release date
      • December 7, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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      • Official Kickstarter
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Природна: невідома історія Аліс Ґі-Блаше
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Wildwood Enterprises
      • Artemis Rising Foundation
      • Foothill Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $117,511
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,237
      • Apr 21, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $210,188
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      1 hour 43 minutes
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      • Color
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