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Actors:
Mark Cousins, Juan Diego Botto
Categories:
TV Shows, Documentaries, Social & Cultural Docs

This bold love letter to the movies is an epic journey through the history of world cinema, from the 19th century into the digital age. Light hits the screen. A new medium is born. But the story of film isn't over -- not by a long shot.

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Mark Cousins, Juan Diego Botto

The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Season 1

Season 1 of The Story of Film: An Odyssey has 15 episodes.

Every episode has its own Netflix countries that it's available in. You can see below if the episode is available in the USA.

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Birth of the Cinema Episode 1

This first chapter shows the birth of a new art form -- the movies -- and the passion that has always driven film, more than money and marketing.

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The Hollywood Dream Episode 2

This is the fascinating story of the movies in the roaring '20s. We see how Hollywood became a glittering entertainment industry.

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The Golden Age of World Cinema Episode 3

We visit Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Shanghai and Tokyo in the 1920s to discover the places where moviemakers were pushing the boundaries of the medium.

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The Arrival of Sound Episode 4

We see how the coming of sound in the 1930s upended everything and witness the birth of new types of film: horror movies, Westerns, musicals and more.

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Post-War Cinema Episode 5

This chapter shows how the trauma of war made cinema more daring. We start in Italy, then go to Hollywood to chart the darkening of American film.

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Sex & Melodrama Episode 6

This chapter explores sex and melodrama in the movies of the 1950s. We discover James Dean, On the Waterfront and the glossy weepies of the time.

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European New Wave Episode 7

We discover how French filmmakers in the late '50s and '60s planted a bomb under the movies and see how the new wave it caused swept across Europe.

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New Directors, New Form Episode 8

As the new wave in cinema sweeps around the world in the 1960s, we discover the films of Roman Polanski, Andrei Tarkovsky and Nagisa Oshima.

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American Cinema of the 70's Episode 9

Paul Schrader discusses his screenplay for Taxi Driver, Robert Towne talks about Chinatown, and Charles Burnett explores Black American cinema.

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Movies to Change the World Episode 10

This is the story of the movies that tried to change the world in the '70s. We start in Germany, then head to Britain, Italy, Australia and Japan.

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The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream Episode 11

This chapter explains how films such as Star Wars and Jaws were innovative, then travels to 1970s India to show how Bollywood was doing new things.

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Fight the Power: Protest in Film Episode 12

This is the story of how brave filmmakers spoke truth to power. Director John Sayles discusses these years. We discover the growth of Chinese cinema.

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New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America Episode 13

Cinema around the world in the '90s entered a golden age. The story starts in Iran, where we meet Abbas Kiarostami, who rethought moviemaking.

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New American Independents & The Digital Revolution Episode 14

This is the story of the movies in the English-speaking world in the '90s. We look at Quentin Tarantino's dialogue and the edge of the Coen brothers.

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Cinema Today and the Future Episode 15

The series concludes by examining current-day cinema, then goes beyond the present to look at what the future holds for moviemaking.

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