The Magical Eye (1989)

8.0/10 • 47 min • Documentary

Overview

Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film critics and historians on the role and influence of the NFB during its first half century of existence.

Cast

Denys Arcand

Donald Brittain

Claude Fournier

Pauline Kael

Caroline Leaf

Self

Sydney Newman

Self

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