The Story of Film: An Odyssey

A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

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Created By

Mark Cousins

Status

Ended

Original Name

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

First Air Date

September 3, 2011

Last Air Date

December 10, 2011

Seasons

Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

Channel 4 Television Hopscotch Films

Networks

Channel 4

S01E15

Cinema Today and the Future

Movies come full circle: They get more serious after 9/11, and Romanian movies come to the fore. But then David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive becomes one of the most complex dream films ever made and Inception turns film into a game. In Moscow, master director Alexander Sokurov talks exclusively about his innovative films. Then, a surprise: The Story of Film goes beyond the present, to look at film in the future.

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