Beyond the Bolex
7.4
Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras, old film reels, fading photos, technical drawings and boxes of documents that belonged to her great-grandfather Jacques Bolsey. Among the many boxes, she spots an old movie camera with the word "Bolex" embossed on its side and a dangling tag with the date, "1927." Entranced, she embarks on a journey to reveal how Jacques aimed to disrupt the early film industry with a motion picture camera for the masses.
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Jacques Bolsey
Self
Wim Wenders
Self
Known for
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Vincent Pluss
Jonas Mekas
Self
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Tchavdar Georgiev
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Pause of the Clock
Julie Janata
Philippe Coeytaux
Barbara Hammer
Self
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Corey Wallace
Sereina Gabathuler
Alyssa Bolsey
Self
Carlos David Rivera
Alyssa Bolsey Director · Tchavdar Georgiev Writer Corey Wallace Composer
United States release November 8, 2018 · Produced in Switzerland · Production ARTE, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion
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Akka Films
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ARTE
Production
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion
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Sea Owl Productions
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RTS
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SRG SSR
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Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
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Radio Télévision Suisse
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Switzerland
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 8, 2018
Premiere · DOC NYC
Italy
December 4, 2019
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