Beyond the Bolex (2018)
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.
- Date of release
- 2018-11-08
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Alyssa Bolsey
Casting
- Jacques Bolsey — Self
- Wim Wenders — Self
- Jonas Mekas — Self
- Barbara Hammer — Self
- Alyssa Bolsey — Self
- Maynard Kaasa — Self
- Dave Alex Riddett — Self
- Gerard Malanga — Self
- David Kiehn — Self
- Collin Hanney — Self
- Joel Schlemowitz — Self
- Marc Ueter — Self
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