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Cinemania (2003)

Cinemania poster
Directed by
Stephen Kijak, Angela Christlieb
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany, United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 51 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows five people in New York City who are obsessed with watching movies in theaters. They see multiple films every single day and plan their schedules around screenings.

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What happens

Cinemania is a 2002 German/American documentary film about five obsessed cinephiles, who, throughout the year, each see two to five films a day and work out a daily schedule to see them in theatres across New York City. The documentary is directed by Angela Christlieb and Stephen Kijak. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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