The complete story of film [blu-ray]

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Title:

Added Author:

Cousins, Mark, 1965- film director.

Publication Date:

2023

Publication Information:

[Chicago, Illinois] : Music Box Films, [2023]

Physical Description:

4 videodiscs (1123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

An Odyssey is an inclusive and ground-breaking journey through the history of world cinema and a treat for movie lovers around the globe. Guided by filmmaker Mark Cousins, this wonderfully insightful 15-hour love letter to the movies begins with the invention of motion pictures at the end of the 19th century, continuing through the entire 20th century of moviemaking and concluding with the globalized digital industry of the 21st.

In a New Generation, Cousins picks up where Odyssey left off, returning with a new epic and hopeful tale of modern cinematic innovation in the new millennium, exploring how movies and moviegoing have evolved and will continue to transform our collective joy and wonder.

General Note:

Title from container

Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2011, and 2021.

Contents:

Chapter 1. 1895-1918, The world discovers a new art form -- Chapter 2. 1918-1928, The triumph of American film and the first of it's rebels -- Chapter 3. 1918-1932, The great rebel filmmakers around the world -- Chapter 4. The 1930s, The great American movie genres and the brilliance of European film -- Chapter 5. 1939-1952, The devastation of war and a new movie language -- Chapter 6. 1953-1957, The swollen story, world cinema bursting at the seams -- Chapter 7. 1957-1964, The shock of the new, modern filmmaking in western Europe -- Chapter 8. 1965-1969, New waves sweep around the world -- Chapter 9. 1967-1979, New American cinema -- Chapter 10. 1969-1979, Radical directors in the 70s make state of the nation movies -- Chapter 11. The 1970's and onwards, Innovation in popular culture and around the world -- Chapter 12. The 1980s, Moviemaking and protest around the world --Chapter 13. 1990-1998, The last days of celluloid, before the coming of digital -- Chapter 14. The 1990s, The first days of digital, reality losing it's realness in America and Australia -- Chapter 15. 2000 Onwards, Film moves full circle and the future of movies.

Technical Details:

Blu-ray, wide screen (16 x 9); DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1; requires Blu-ray player.

Subject Term:

Motion pictures -- History.

Motion pictures -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.