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The Story of Film: An Odyssey
S01 E02 / THE HOLLYWOOD DREAM
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EP 01
BIRTH OF THE CINEMA
EP 02
THE HOLLYWOOD DREAM
EP 03
THE GOLDEN AGE OF WORLD CINEMA
EP 04
THE ARRIVAL OF SOUND
EP 05
POST-WAR CINEMA
EP 06
SEX & MELODRAMA
EP 07
EUROPEAN NEW WAVE
EP 08
NEW DIRECTORS, NEW FORM
EP 09
AMERICAN CINEMA OF THE 70S
EP 10
MOVIES TO CHANGE THE WORLD
EP 11
THE ARRIVAL OF MULTIPLEXES AND ASIAN MAINSTREAM
EP 12
FIGHT THE POWER: PROTEST IN FILM
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THE HOLLYWOOD DREAMMovies in the Roaring Twenties: Hollywood became a glittering entertainment industry with star directors like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. But the gloss and fantasy was challenged by movie makers like Robert Flaherty, Eric Von Stroheim and Carl Theodor Dreyer, who wanted films to be more serious and mature. This was a battle for the soul of cinema. The result: some of the greatest movies ever made.
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