Movies: Jon Spira
- 2024
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024)
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Aristocratic Italian roots, a close family connection to James Bond novelist Ian Fleming, wartime experiences in the British and Finnish military, post-war Nazi-hunting adventures and a side career as a heavy metal rock singer. And one of the most ic...
- 2015
Elstree 1976 (2015)
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A documentary about ten very different lives connected by having appeared onscreen wearing masks or helmets in Star Wars....
- 2021
Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman (2021)
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They created and performed the iconic action sequences of 007, Indiana Jones, Superman, Rambo, Star Wars, Conan, the Alien films and pretty much everything since. They crashed cars, jumped from burning buildings, shot, stabbed, kicked and punched the...
- 2019
I Think He's a Jew: The Werewolf's Secret (2019)
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Video essay by filmmaker from Jon Spira...
- 2015
Lips, Love and Power: 120 Years of the Cinematic Kiss (2015)
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In 1896 the first screen kiss hit cinemas. Some 120 years later, the cinematic kiss continues to reflect reality and project fantasy. This video essay explores the history of the screen kiss and includes memorable scenes featuring Greta Garbo, Lauren...
- 2010
Dust (2010)
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- 2016
Elstree 2016: Return to Elstree Studios (2016)
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Extras from the first 'Star Wars' film return to what remains of Elstree Studios....
- 2023
Jewish Britain on Film (2023)
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Narrated by Isy Suttie (Peep Show, Pearl & Dave), the footage includes rare scenes of an Edwardian Petticoat Lane; a wedding in London’s East End in 1925; the defeat of the British Union of Fascists at Cable Street; Britain’s earliest surfing film, a...
- 2009
Anyone Can Play Guitar (2009)
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Excellent and entertaining documentary about the indie rock scene in Oxford that spawned the likes of Radiohead, Foals and Supergrass among others. The strength of Jon Spira's doc is that it gives as much screen time to the also rans and never weres ...