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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Not because of his performances, but because of his attitude to hisown performances and to...

Not because of his performances, but because of his attitude to his
own performances and to the genre

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Not because of his performances,
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but because of his attitude to his own performances and to the genre.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:32
Uploaded
Apr 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Canal Cat Films,Trigger Films,BFI

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Follows fresh interviews, archival footage, and various animation techniques like marionation to recreate one of the world's leading actors on screen, bringing them back to life through innovative methods.
In some interviews he actually said, you know, in the late '60s, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:11
In some interviews he actually said, you know, in the late &...
And I think as a result, fans found him rather ungracious, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:14
And I think as a result, fans found him rather ungracious,
'She modelled for Balenciaga and Dior, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
'She modelled for Balenciaga and Dior,
'After a couple of missed opportunities, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:10
'After a couple of missed opportunities,
'My fame at this point was undoubtedly becoming global - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:20
'My fame at this point was undoubtedly becoming global
He left England for Switzerland - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
He left England for Switzerland
Conservative stuff that it was... - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
Conservative stuff that it was...
The politics of envy - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
The politics of envy
You know, couldn't be maintained for any longer. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
You know, couldn't be maintained for any longer.
'With appropriate irony, the first role I was contracted to play - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:10
'With appropriate irony, the first role I was contracte...
'It was my turn to don the deerstalker - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'It was my turn to don the deerstalker
'Despite my perfectly adequate German delivery, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'Despite my perfectly adequate German delivery,
'The Crypt of the Vampire was shot in Avezzano - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'The Crypt of the Vampire was shot in Avezzano
'The film was good, but the location, divine. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
'The film was good, but the location, divine.
'I would come to know the castles of Europe rather well - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:31
'I would come to know the castles of Europe rather well
He's in all these German and French and Spanish movies, Italian movies, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:15
He's in all these German and French and Spanish movies,...
They are quite interesting because they're all fractured versions - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:10
They are quite interesting because they're all fracture...
Italy, of course, was an industry that would always go for what was - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
Italy, of course, was an industry that would always go for w...
So, you know, there he was by the shores of Lake Geneva - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
So, you know, there he was by the shores of Lake Geneva
And who was the number one star in horror pictures? - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
And who was the number one star in horror pictures?