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Year
2011
Runtime
60 min.
Director
-
Genres
History, Documentary
Rating *
8.4
Votes *
2,518
Checks
873
Favs
115
Dislikes
6
Favs/checks
13.2% (1:8)
Favs/dislikes
19:1
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  1. Netflixfan's avatar

    Netflixfan

    Wikipedia has a list of the film clips which are featured: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Film:_An_Odyssey 10 years 12 months ago
  2. Film Noir World's avatar

    Film Noir World

    Highly recommended.
    In this series Cousins challenges the existing consensus on what makes 'classis cinema' by stating that Hollywood classics are anything but. His two main criteria for what makes movies great are cinematic and narrative innovation and social relevance.
    This in itself is a fresh and provocative approach giving plenty of input for healthy debate on what is important in film. And surely not everyone will agree with his point of view. I know I surely didn't.
    The very least Cousins does is show that film is indeed a global phenomenon by including fragments from films from the most unlikely places. Through this series I've learnt about films and directors that I probably would have completely missed otherwise.
    11 years 2 months ago
  3. Neville's avatar

    Neville

    The word "personal" should be silently inserted in the title by anyone genuinely interested in the "story of film". This might help readers (and viewers) to consider those films and directors who don't make it into the narrative.

    For example, one outstanding figure of the French New Wave who also stood somewhat out of it by virtue of his more conservative values, namely, Eric Rohmer, doesn't appear at all. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)

    This example is also a clue to where Cousins' political sympathies lie: with the rebel film-makers whose "messages" veer to the Left, and whose "images and ideas" (to quote Cousins' theme) omit their own totalitarian potential.
    10 years 11 months ago
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