
A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.


“Can film survive our digital future?”
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.

Keanu Reeves
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Martin Scorsese
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James Cameron
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David Fincher
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David Lynch
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Lars von Trier
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Steven Soderbergh
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Danny Boyle
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George Lucas
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Robert Rodriguez
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Side by Side is a documentary film released in 2012 exploring themes of movie business, interview, cinematographer, filmmaking, documentary filmmaking, future vision. Directed by Christopher Kenneally, it stars Keanu Reeves, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron. Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.
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