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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

'Sometimes dreamy,delirious, or demented, 'it was a heady andcreative time for me.' A film...

'Sometimes dreamy,
delirious, or demented, 'it was a heady and
creative time for me.' A film of mystery!
A film of thrill!

Full Transcript

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'Sometimes dreamy, delirious, or demented,
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'it was a heady and creative time for me.'
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A film of mystery! A film of thrill!
Duration
12 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:37
Uploaded
Apr 03, 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.
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.
'For the idea of not living to see Christina bloom and conquer - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:14
'For the idea of not living to see Christina bloom and ...
So, we returned to London and took a flat - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
So, we returned to London and took a flat
My career had gone international, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
My career had gone international,
The allowance of days that I was given as a tax exile - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:12
The allowance of days that I was given as a tax exile
And although he certainly was of the shadows, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
And although he certainly was of the shadows,
'I was not the first to bring the evil Dr Fu Manchu to screen. - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:05
'I was not the first to bring the evil Dr Fu Manchu to ...
'Seven screen Fus had preceded me, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'Seven screen Fus had preceded me,
'It is perhaps unimaginable that such a film be made today, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:14
'It is perhaps unimaginable that such a film be made to...
'I can only say that I have never played Fu Manchu - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:07
'I can only say that I have never played Fu Manchu
'However, I can understand their objection to the character - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
'However, I can understand their objection to the chara...
'I played Fu over the course of five films - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:12
'I played Fu over the course of five films
'In fact, these two franchises, in the modern parlance, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:09
'In fact, these two franchises, in the modern parlance,
Hammer, which was not exactly in the business of making art, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:08
Hammer, which was not exactly in the business of making art,
Essentially remaking those pictures like seven, eight times, - The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee 00:12
Essentially remaking those pictures like seven, eight times,