In BY SIDNEY LUMET, film legend Sidney Lumet (1924-2011) tells his own story in a never-before-seen interview shot in 2008 produced by the late filmmaker Daniel Anker. With candor, humor and grace, Lumet reveals what matters to him as an artist and as a human being. The documentary film features clips from Lumet's films - 44 films made in 50 years - including 12 ANGRY MEN (1957), THE FUGITIVE KIND (1960), SERPICO (1973), DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975), THE VERDICT (1982), to name only a very few. Filmmaker Nancy Buirski (Afternoon of a Faun, The Loving Story) combines these elements to create a portrait of the work and life of one of the most accomplished and influential directors in the history of cinema. BY SIDNEY LUMET illustrates the spiritual and ethical lessons at the core of his work. First and foremost a storyteller, Lumet's strongly moral tales capture the dilemmas and concerns of a society struggling with essentials: how does one behave to others and to oneself?
导演伟大之处在于，他是一个魔法师，且玩的是白魔法，这样的魔法师是把制造黑魔法的巫师当作其一生的敌人的，他希望这个世界美好，且要世界一直美好下去。 他是伟大的魔法师，如其自述，他思考社会问题、拍社会题材电影，一切出发点首先是保障个体。若个体总被侵犯，那集体何以存在？那又何谈美好呢？
自说自话的价值观输出焦作人，真的蛮无聊的，跟去年的德帕尔马才太多了……
我认为，为个体而抗争，对我来说是生命的本质，是一个有价值的生命本质。我觉得不仅仅是军队，世上一切都在合谋，摧毁人的个性。Lumet
不像是《德帕尔玛》通篇都在谈作品，吕美特几乎都是在谈自己。一头一尾谈到的那个曾经被士兵轮奸的女孩，以及自己当时没有采取任何行动的事实，深刻影响了他此生作品的底色。所以他才说他所有作品的基石都是在探讨，什么是公平？或许也无需回答，正如他所言：当作品足够出色，道德观自然显现。
I love characters who are rebels because not accepting the status quo not accepting the way its always been done not accepting that this is the way it has to be is the fundamental area of human pr...
