The story of film : an odyssey /

The story of film: an odyssey, written and directed by award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins, is the story of international cinema told through the history of cinematic innovation. Five years in the making, The Story of Film: An Odyssey covers six continents and 12 decades, showing how film-makers a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund, British Film Institute (Producer), FilmFour (Firm) (Producer), Hopscotch Productions (Producer)
Other Authors: Archer, John, 1953- (Producer), Cousins, Mark, 1965- (Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Narrator)
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: [Chicago, Ill.] : Music Box Films, [2012]
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Table of Contents:
  • Disc 1. 1895-1918. The world discovers a new art form
  • 1918-1928. The triumph of American film and the first of its rebels
  • 1918-1932. The Great Rebel filmmakers around the world
  • Disc 2. The 1930s. The great American movie genres and the brillance of European film
  • 1939-1952. The devastation of war and a new movie language
  • 1953-1957. The swollen story : world cinema bursting at the seams
  • Disc 3. 1957-1964. The shock of the new, modern filmmaking in Western Europe
  • 1965-1969. New waves sweep around the world
  • 1967-1979. New American cinema
  • Disc 4. 1969-1979. Radical directors in the 70s make state of the nation movies
  • The 1970s and onward. Innovation in popular culture and around the world
  • The 1980s. Moviemaking and protest around the world
  • Disc 5. 1990-1998. The last days of celluloid, before the coming of digital
  • The 1990s. The first days of digital : reality losing its realness in America and Australia
  • 2000 onwards. Film moves full circle and the future of movies