The story of film : an odyssey / [written and directed] by Mark Cousins ; [Music Box Films [and others] present ; in association with UK Film Council and More4 ; a Hopscotch Films production ; produced by John Archer].

Filmed on four continents over a six-year span and covering eleven decades and 1,000 films, this ambitious documentary chronicles the history of international cinema and cinematic innovation from the invention of motion pictures at the end of the 19th century to the multi-billion dollar globalized d...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Music Box Films
UK Film Council
More4 (Firm)
Hopscotch Films (Firm)
Other Authors: Cousins, Mark, 1965- (Screenwriter, Director, Narrator)
Archer, John, 1953- (Producer)
Langer, Timo (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Chicago, IL : Music Box Films, [2012], ©2012.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > History.
Cinematography > History.
Motion picture industry > History.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Motion pictures and history.
Historical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Television mini-series.
Nonfiction television programs.
Genre:
Historical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Television mini-series.
Nonfiction television programs.
Physical Description:5 videodiscs (915 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (43 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm)
Format: Video DVD
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 language
  • 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 Europe
  • 1965-1969. New waves 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.