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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

So, I reached outfor Christopher and when I met him, wejust became fast friends

So, I reached out
for Christopher and when I met him, we
just became fast friends

Full Transcript

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So, I reached out for Christopher
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and when I met him, we just became fast friends.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:56
Uploaded
Apr 02, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Canal Cat Films,Trigger Films,BFI

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Movie Summary

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.
And I... raised some money - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:12
And I... raised some money
In an atmosphere of horror, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
In an atmosphere of horror,
To arrive at a frightful but lucid madness - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
To arrive at a frightful but lucid madness
'The great joys of my experience in Europe, were my partnerships - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
'The great joys of my experience in Europe, were my par...
He made quite a few pictures with Jess Franco, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
He made quite a few pictures with Jess Franco,
Very few of them are at the top of the heap of the movies - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
Very few of them are at the top of the heap of the movies
But interestingly, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
But interestingly,
The idea was that this was going to be 'the' Dracula picture, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:11
The idea was that this was going to be 'the' Dracu...
Although Pere Portobella made a really interesting documentary - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:11
Although Pere Portobella made a really interesting documenta...
'To the continental filmmakers, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
'To the continental filmmakers,
'Accusations of downright perversity were levelled at some of these films, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
'Accusations of downright perversity were levelled at s...
'Their art and literature have been infused with sex - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
'Their art and literature have been infused with sex
'My films from this time have a distinctly different feel. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
'My films from this time have a distinctly different fe...
'Sometimes dreamy, delirious, or demented, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:12
'Sometimes dreamy, delirious, or demented,
He made some amazing films, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
He made some amazing films,
But I think he was very aware that this was really just... - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
But I think he was very aware that this was really just...
A continuation, if you like, of what he called his graveyard period, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
A continuation, if you like, of what he called his graveyard...
'On the 22nd of November 1963, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
'On the 22nd of November 1963,
'The idea of leaving them, for even a small amount of time, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
'The idea of leaving them, for even a small amount of t...
'Death started to mean something different to me. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
'Death started to mean something different to me.