The Angeleno portrait artist Don Bachardy reminisces in frugal video on his three and a half decades of intimacy with British author Christopher Isherwood, thirty years his senior. (The one clip of Isherwood with sound demonstrates dramatically how closely the American protégé patterned his speech after his mentor.) In essence, a copiously illustrated literary talk, augmented by other knowledgeable voices, that should meet the needs of anyone interested. Michael York, Isherwood’s stand-in in the screen version of Cabaret, reads the excerpts from the writer’s diaries. Directed by Guido Santi and Tina Mascara. (2008) — Duncan Shepherd
This movie is not currently in theaters.