What Are the Best Movies About the Movies?
A child (Salvatore Cascio) falls in love with film after a projectionist (Philippe Noiret) takes the young boy under his wing in a small Sicilian village.
As the Talk of the Nation summer movie festival continues, AFI's Murray Horwitz talks with callers about the best movies about the movies. Horwitz is Director and COO of American Film Institute Silver Theater and Cultural Center.
All Movies Mentioned
Singin’ in the Rain
Cinema Paradiso
Mulholland Drive
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Adaptation
The Player
Living in Oblivion
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood, Burn
Barton Fink
Sullivan’s Travels
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
A Star is Born
American Movie
Burden of Dreams
Cinemania
Sunset Boulevard
Lost in La Mancha
Hearts of Darkness
Ed Wood
Bowfinger
The Stunt Man
Silent Movie
Day for Night and The Cameraman
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