The War Room

D. A. Pennebaker, 1993

Spine #602

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Documentary / History

Criterion TMDB

Directed by D. A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus

Cinematography Nick Doob, D. A. Pennebaker

Edited by D. A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus

Cast James Carville, George Stephanopoulos, Heather Beckel, Paul Begala, Bob Boorstin, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton

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Benny Safdie director

“A Blu-ray of this, The War Room. This is an unbelievable documentary. Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker. Maceo and I watched this religiously to understand how they filmed everything, the way it looked, the way the camera moved, the way the extras were blocking the camera, literally everything about this movie we studied. And it’s just incredible. And I cannot wait to have a Blu-ray version of it, because it’s also shot on 16mm and it was part of the reasons why I shot Smashing Machine on 16mm.”

Benny Safdie