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The Story of Film: An Odyssey

S01 E09 / AMERICAN CINEMA OF THE 70S

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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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AMERICAN CINEMA OF THE 70SThe maturing of American cinema of the late sixties and seventies: Buck Henry, writer of The Graduate, talks exclusively about movie satire of the time. Paul Schrader reveals his thoughts on his existential screenplay for Taxi Driver. Writer Robert Towne explores the dark ideas in Chinatown, and director Charles Burnett talks about the birth of Black American cinema.

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