The making of The Dreamers, its background and relation to the May 1968 student riots in Paris.
Direction
Thompson lets Bertolucci ramble gloriously about Godard and genitals.
Production
Chaotic Paris riots recreation on a shoestring—pure guerrilla filmmaking.
Director
David M. Thompson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bertolucci originally wanted the actors to actually have sex on camera; the producers said absolutely not.
The documentary barely mentions that Gilbert Adair's novel was itself a queer text significantly straightwashed for the film.
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