Robert Wise: American Filmmaker

Covers highlights of Wise's career -- The Sound of Music, The Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story, etc. Complaint: Piss-poor subtitles.

A look at Robert Wise's career with incredibly limited resources. You get 1 interview shot in extreme close up with bad sound and a long line of trailers for his movies and other movies that he worked on, or in some cases didn't. You have one talking head whose footage slips from black and white to colour between shots, and one voice over guy who reads his lines like he's asleep.

It's ironic that someone who started as an editor gets suck a terribly edited movie about him. But the biggest thing is that Wise, while a competent director, is very boring and his movies don't really show any "personality" beyond well made films. He had no authorial stamp nor any inclinations to. BUT he did make some solid movies. Too bad this doc is a turd.

The dumbest part of this whole thing is when they leave in a question asked during the interview. "I've heard they're doing a new DVD of West Side Story." He answers, "I don't know anything about it." Wow, great stuff to leave in a movie guys...

This documentary from Jeff Herberger (director) and A. Susan Svehla (writer) presents a man who directed & edited amazing films ,Loved by all film watchers and he had no attitude about his craft.

Robert Wise 'The short list': Magnificent Ambersons, Run Silent Run Deep, Day The Earth Stood Still, The Sand Pebbles, West Side Story, Sound Of Music, Audrey Rose, Andromeda Strain, Star Trek : The Motion Picture.

Not to mention-The extras are awe inspiring…A lot of trailers for his films,a lot of Behind The Scenes of his films,Many tributes to Wise from his actors who talk with much respect and admiration for how they were treated on his sets.

Actually seeing him interviewed in segments really filled in his legacy, He filmed all genres and had a knack for perfecting a film before it's release,His editing again is heavily compared to his directing.