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The story of film. Post-war cinema /

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This part of The Story of Film shows how the trauma of war made cinema more daring. The story starts in Italy, and then we go to Hollywood, discover Orson Welles and chart the darkening of American film and the drama of the McCarthy era. Screenwriters Paul Schrader and Robert Towne discuss theses ye...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schrader, Paul, 1946-, Towne, Robert, Donen, Stanley, Cousins, Mark (Director, Screenwriter)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Music Box Films, 2011.
Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
Subjects:
History, Modern.
Motion pictures > History.
Histoire moderne et contemporaine.
Cinéma > Histoire.
History, Modern
Motion pictures
History
Documentary films
Television programs
Documentary films.
Television programs.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:This part of The Story of Film shows how the trauma of war made cinema more daring. The story starts in Italy, and then we go to Hollywood, discover Orson Welles and chart the darkening of American film and the drama of the McCarthy era. Screenwriters Paul Schrader and Robert Towne discuss theses years. The director of Singin' in the Rain, Stanley Donen, talks exclusively about his career, and we discover that British films like The Third Man best sum up these extraordinary years.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 63 min.) : sound, color and black and white
Playing Time:01:03:13