Alan Zweig

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Alan Zweig

Alan Zweig is a Toronto documentary filmmaker known for often using film to explore his own life.

Known For

VideodromeVideodrome · 1983
Videodrome
7.21983
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
EcstasyEcstasy · 1999
Ecstasy
1999
Movie
While on her way home from a Rave, Stacey encounters God and is given a special mission. Not quite sure how to deal with this, she tries her best; losing friends and gaining converts before a final, miraculous event transforms her from average Rave Girl into Stacey of Suburbia.
When Jews Were FunnyWhen Jews Were Funny · 2013
When Jews Were Funny
6.52013
MovieDocumentary
From the 1930's to the 1970's, pretty well every comedian or comic you might see on TV or the movies was Jewish. Jews came to dominate the world of western‐society comedy on radio, stage and screen alike.Why did Jews dominate comedy in this period? And why did that domination end? Were Jews just funnier back then? And if so, did that extend to your average Jew on the street? In this 90 minute documentary acclaimed director Alan Zweig will examine these questions and many others in this exploration of 20th century humour, cultural decay, and a search for a missing heritage.
The Ballad of Don QuinnThe Ballad of Don Quinn · 1992
The Ballad of Don Quinn
1992
Movie
The Ballad of Don Quinn tells the story of southern Saskatchewan’s original punk rocker and his attempts to resurrect his band a decade after their scarcely noticed demise.
Chunk BlowerChunk Blower · 1990
Chunk Blower
8.01990
MovieHorror
Promo trailer/reel for an ultimately unproduced horror feature.
RecordsRecords · 2021
Records
8.02021
MovieDocumentary
Twenty-one years after Alan Zweig’s groundbreaking first feature documentary Vinyl, Zweig returns to the topic of compulsive record collecting with newfound introspection and a sunnier disposition. Punctuated by his signature mirror-confessionals, Records compiles colourful interviews with vinyl enthusiasts, swirling around the proverbial maxim that music has the power to connect us all.
VinylVinyl · 2000
Vinyl
7.42000
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Toronto filmmaker Alan Zweig analyzes the phenomenon of record collecting.
The Darling FamilyThe Darling Family · 1994
The Darling Family
7.01994
MovieDrama

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