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Mark Cousins explores how the trauma of war led to more daring creations for cinema, focusing on the darkening of American film and the drama of the McCarthy years. Screenwriters Paul Schrader and Robert Towne discuss the era and Stanley Donen - director of Singin' in the Rain - talks about his career.
Episodes
EP 1
Birth of the Cinema
2011-09-03
EP 2
The Hollywood Dream
2011-09-10
EP 3
The Golden Age of World Cinema
2011-09-17
EP 4
The Arrival of Sound
2011-09-24
EP 5
Post-War Cinema
2011-10-01
EP 6
Sex & Melodrama
2011-10-08
EP 7
European New Wave
2011-10-15
EP 8
New Directors, New Form
2011-10-22
EP 9
American Cinema of the 70s
2011-10-29
EP 10
Movies to Change the World
2011-11-05
EP 11
The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream
2011-11-12
EP 12
Fight the Power: Protest in Film
2011-11-19
EP 13
New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America
2011-11-26
EP 14
New American Independents & The Digital Revolution
2011-12-03
EP 15
Cinema Today and the Future
2011-12-10
Voice Cast
Mark CousinsPresenter / NarratorVoice Actor
Mario CordovaNarratoreVoice Actor
Trailers & Extra Content
THE STORY OF FILM - Mark Cousins (Trailer)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey Trailer
