Clips plus interviews with colleagues and collaborators deepen a portrait of a provocative Tv director who those in the know are coming to realize was one of the greatest artists in the history of British media.
This documentary on the career of celebrated filmmaker Carol Reed (1906-1976) features surviving collaborators and film historians discussing his versatility, as well as his impact on British cinema. One intriguing insight offered here is the influence of the British documentary movement of the '30s and '40s on Reed's filmmaking, which places 'The Third Man' (1949) and 'The Man...