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The Story of Film: An Odyssey
S01 E05 / POST-WAR CINEMA
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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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POST-WAR CINEMAMark 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.
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