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Tony Frere(II)

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Tony Frere
NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: LASZLO AND VILMOS. The lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond and their impact on American cinema. As film students in Hungary, Laszlo and Vilmos took to the war-torn streets of Budapest to shoot footage of the Russian invasion, and subsequently volunteered to smuggle it out of the country. Barely escaping with their lives, the two friends fled to America and settled in Hollywood, eventually saving enough money to buy their own 16mm camera. 

After working on a string of low-budget horror and biker movies, both men soon rose to prominence in the late 60's and 70's, shooting the films that defined what came to be known as the American New Wave: Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Deliverance, Paper Moon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and more. Working with directors including Robert Altman, Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Martin Scorsese, they helped create a new American film aesthetic, and pioneered innovative, fearless ways to tell stories.

“When it comes to Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, it's clear that the American New Wave of the late 1960's and early '70s wouldn't have flowered as it did without them." 	  – Leonard  Maltin

Told through interviews with Laszlo (who died in 2007) and Vilmos, as well as directors including Rafelson, Bogdanovich, John Boorman, Graeme Clifford, Richard Donner, William Richert, Mark Rydell, composer John Williams and actors such as Jon Voight, Peter Fonda, Sandra Bullock, Karen Black, Dennis Hopper and Sharon Stone, NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY is an intimate portrait of two giants of modern imagemaking and their deep bond of brotherhood that transcended every imaginable boundary. Two heroes. One road.
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Tony Frere is known for No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008), Independent Lens (1999) and The Arbors (2020).
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    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008)
    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
    7.8
    • Producer
    • 2008
    Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Producer
    The Arbors (2020)
    The Arbors
    4.2
    • Producer
    • 2020
    Beast (2018)
    Beast
    5.8
    • Producer
    • 2018

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    Producer



    • The Arbors (2020)
      The Arbors
      4.2
      • consulting producer
      • 2020
    • Beast (2018)
      Beast
      5.8
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Arias with a Twist (2010)
      Arias with a Twist
      8.4
      • associate producer
      • 2010
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2009
    • No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008)
      No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
      7.8
      • producer
      • 2008
    • The Golden Age (2007)
      The Golden Age
      Short
      • producer
      • 2007
    • The Fast One
      Short
      • producer
      • 2006
    • Dupont: Walker
      Video
      • producer
      • 1991

    Actor



    • Strange Party: Imitators
      Music Video
      • Tony Frere
      • 1984

    Composer



    • The Golden Age (2007)
      The Golden Age
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2007

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