Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Chantal AkermanSelf | Self |
 Robert AltmanSelf | Self |
 David LynchSelf | Self |
 Costa-GavrasSelf | Self |
 Robert BressonSelf | Self |
 Rob EpsteinSelf | Self |
 Abbas KiarostamiSelf | Self |
 Mike LeighSelf | Self |
 Jonas MekasSelf | Self |
 Michael MooreSelf | Self |
 Yvonne RainerSelf | Self |
 Kelly ReichardtSelf | Self |
 Ken JacobsSelf | Self |
 Bill ViolaSelf | Self |
 Michael WinterbottomSelf | Self |
 Akira KurosawaSelf | Self |
 James FrancoSelf | Self |
 Alfred HitchcockSelf | Self |