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Donnie Darko

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Prozac Nation

Sidewalks of New York

Memento

Frailty

One Hour Photo

28 Days Later

American Splendor

Girl with the Pearl Earring

Slings & Arrows

The director (Martin Scorsese) breaks down a key moment in his film, when the lead character, Frank Sheeran, receives an award.

The Irishman

Anatomy of a Scene is a television series produced by and aired regularly on Sundance Channel since 2001. As a tagline for the series notes, each 30-minute episode "dissects the art of filmmaking" of a scene from a specific film, often a film previously showcased at a Sundance Film Festival.

An episode examines the scene from multiple perspectives, such as production design, costume design, cinematography, storyboards, writing, music, acting, and directing. Interviews with the cast and crew are interspersed with snippets from the film.

Episodes of the show are often included on the DVD release of the films they study.