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The Story of Film: An Odyssey

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey

2011 (completed) · 1 seasons · 15 episodes · United Kingdom · English

The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) is a solid-tier series on goodrecmovies, rated 8.0/10 on IMDb from 3,684 votes. Updated

64.3GRM score
★ 8.0IMDb · 4k

A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

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Top cast

12
Mark Cousins
Self - Presenter
Aleksandr Sokurov
Self - Interviewee
Norman Lloyd
Self - Interviewee
Lars von Trier
Self - Interviewee
Paul Schrader
Self - Interviewee
Haskell Wexler
Self - Interviewee
Yuen Woo-ping
Self - Interviewee
Robert Towne
Self - Interviewee
Samira Makhmalbaf
Self
Samira Makhmalbaf
Self - Interviewee
Jean-Michel Frodon
Self - Film Historian
Jean-Michel Frodon
Self - Interviewee

Seasons

1

best episode: S1E1 — Birth of the Cinema ★ 8.1 (417)

S115 eps · ★ 7.9
  • E1Birth of the Cinema★ 8.1417
  • E2The Hollywood Dream★ 8.0325
  • E3The Golden Age of World Cinema★ 8.1297
  • E4The Arrival of Sound★ 8.1261
  • E5Post-War Cinema★ 8.0258
  • E6Sex & Melodrama★ 7.8239
  • E7European New Wave★ 8.1246
  • E8New Directors, New Form★ 7.9213
  • E9American Cinema of the 70s★ 8.0219
  • E10Movies to Change the World★ 7.7212
  • E11The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream★ 7.8204
  • E12Fight the Power: Protest in Film★ 7.8198
  • E13New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America★ 7.9198
  • E14New American Independents & the Digital Revolution★ 7.9198
  • E15Cinema Today and the Future★ 7.9199

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Where to watch

JustWatch

Seasons

1

best episode: S1E1 — Birth of the Cinema ★ 8.1 (417)

S115 eps · ★ 7.9
  • E1Birth of the Cinema★ 8.1417
  • E2The Hollywood Dream★ 8.0325
  • E3The Golden Age of World Cinema★ 8.1297
  • E4The Arrival of Sound★ 8.1261
  • E5Post-War Cinema★ 8.0258
  • E6Sex & Melodrama★ 7.8239
  • E7European New Wave★ 8.1246
  • E8New Directors, New Form★ 7.9213
  • E9American Cinema of the 70s★ 8.0219
  • E10Movies to Change the World★ 7.7212
  • E11The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream★ 7.8204
  • E12Fight the Power: Protest in Film★ 7.8198
  • E13New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America★ 7.9198
  • E14New American Independents & the Digital Revolution★ 7.9198
  • E15Cinema Today and the Future★ 7.9199

Top cast

12
MMark CousinsSelf - PresenterAAleksandr SokurovSelf - IntervieweeNNorman LloydSelf - IntervieweeLLars von TrierSelf - IntervieweePPaul SchraderSelf - IntervieweeHHaskell WexlerSelf - IntervieweeYYuen Woo-pingSelf - IntervieweeRRobert TowneSelf - IntervieweeSSamira MakhmalbafSelfSSamira MakhmalbafSelf - IntervieweeJJean-Michel FrodonSelf - Film HistorianJJean-Michel FrodonSelf - Interviewee

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Comments

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