Chapters 1-3: Birth Of The Cinema, The Hollywood Dream, and The Golden Age of World Cinema.
The opening of THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY shows the birth of a great new art form: the movies. We see how Hollywood became a glittering entertainment industry and how star directors like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton emerged in the roaring twenties. Then we visit Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Shanghai and Tokyo to discover the places where movie makers were pushing the boundaries of the medium.
The Story of Film - Episode 2 - The Hollywood Dream
1918-1928: The Triumph of American Film...
The Story of Film - Episode 3 - The Golden Age of World Cinema
1918-1932: The Great Rebel Filmmakers Around the World
The Story of Film - Episode 4 - The Arrival of Sound
The 1930s: The Great American Movie Genres...
The Story of Film - Episode 5 - Post-War Cinema
1939-1952: The Devastation of War.. a New Movie Language
The Story of Film - Episode 6 - Sex & Melodrama
1953-1957: The Swollen Story: World Cinema Bursting at the Seams
The Story of Film - Episode 7 - European New Wave
1957-1964: The Shock of the New - Modern Filmmaking in Western Europe.
Excellent documentary covering all his film and links to his personal life- brilliant for auteur theory