Alan Rudolph, Alexander Payne, F.X. Feeney
Founded in 1974 and based in Los Angeles, the Z Channel was the nation's first pay-cable station, preceding HBO or Showtime. At its pinnacle in the early 1980s, it served only 100,000 viewers, but non...( read more
)
Directed by: Alexandra Cassavetes, Xan Cassavetes
Release Date: October 13, 2004
DVD Release Date: June 27, 2005
Stats: 82 reviews
Z Channel: A Magnicent Obsession is a film buffs delight, but it also should interest the casual movie-goer searching for a guide to movies not that familiar but worth seeing. Directed by Xan Cassavetes, daughter of maverick filmmaker John Cassavetes. This well-crafted document...( read more)
Excellent documentary for movie buffs, charting the life of an LA pay channel that dared to be different and its parallel with the tragic life of its key programmer, which suffuses the film with a melancholy air.
If only the Z channel was still around today!
Extremely interesting documentary, a must for film buffs everywhere.
I only knew a little bit about Z channel growing up because my dad would tell me about it. I wish I lived during that time to catch all the great films that Z channel had to offer. I recommend this to any film buffs looking for films that fell off the radar and are essential view...( read more)
Engaging and entertaining doc that is a must for film nerds. (Although, I really wish QT would calm the fuck down when being interviewed.) It's really interesting after watching this and reading Easy Riders, Raging Bulls at the same time makes me want to reconsider my career path...( read more)
The birth of the ?Director?s cut? was a little channel on the edge of the cable-boom, called z-chanel.
I feel like I'm pretty educated when it comes to film. Sure, I'm no Greg, but I've seen my fair share of movies. Not knowing what the Z Channel was makes me feel dumb. Admittedly, I didn't live in Los Angeles during the 70's and 80's. Hell, I was born in 1983. Peckinpah died...( read more)
One of my all time favorite documentaries. Anyone who loves movies should see this. It shows just how obssessive people can be about films. I know, I'm one of them. I wish Z Channel was still around today.
This is a documentary about one of the pioneering cable channels, Z Channel, which was a Los Angeles cable channel and also focuses quite a bit on its chief of programming, a man by the name of Jerry Harvey. This is a very interesting movie and features numerous cameos and guest...( read more)
No recent reviews.
This board looks lonely. Be the first to talk about "Z Channel - A Magnificent Obsession" !
Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com
Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)
Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)
All Rotten Tomatoes content is used under license from Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes, Certified Fresh, and the Tomatometer are the trademarks of Incfusion Corporation, d/b/a Rotten Tomatoes, a subsidiary of IGN Entertainment, Inc.
Click a thumb to vote on that suggestion, or add your own suggestions.
