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Genre | Documentary |
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Theme music composer | Jason Hill |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Running time | 17–23 minutes |
Production company | Netflix |
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Network | Netflix |
Release | December 6, 2021 |
Voir is an American television series featuring video essays about cinema. It was produced by Academy Award-nominated director David Fincher and released on Netflix. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
No. | Title [8] [9] | Directed by | Original release date [10] | |
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1 | "Summer of the Shark" | David Prior | December 6, 2021 | |
Sasha Stone tells of her experience being obsessed as a child by Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975) as it the ushered in the era of blockbusters. | ||||
2 | "Ethics of Revenge" | Taylor Ramos Tony Zhou | December 6, 2021 | |
Tony Zhou uses Park Chan-wook's Lady Vengeance (2005) as an example to examine depictions of revenge across cinema, and interviews Jennifer Yuh Nelson and film scholar Dr. Lisa Couthard. | ||||
3 | "But I Don't Like Him" | David Prior | December 6, 2021 | |
Drew McWeeny looks at David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962) to explore the unique appeal of unlikable protagonists across classic gangster cinema, The Godfather series, and the works of Martin Scorsese. | ||||
4 | "The Duality of Appeal" | Taylor Ramos Tony Zhou | December 6, 2021 | |
Taylor Ramos interviews former Disney animators Glen Keane and Brenda Chapman about making appealing female animated characters, highlighting the lack of diversity in the design of these characters. Character designer Luis Gadea is tasked to create a new character that bucks the standards. | ||||
5 | "Film vs Television" | Taylor Ramos Tony Zhou | December 6, 2021 | |
Taylor Ramos finds examples of the blurred line between film and television, including The Sopranos. | ||||
6 | "Profane and Profound" | Keith Clark Julie Ng | December 6, 2021 | |
Walter Chaw looks at the unusual way Walter Hill's 48 Hrs. (1982) explores experiences of systemic racism compared to similar films. |