The story of film
Subtitle: Disc 2 : an odyssey
By: Music Box Films, The British Film Institute, Film4 and Hopscotch Films present in association with UK Film Council and More4 a Hopscotch Films production ; producer, John Archer ; director, writer, photographer, Mark Cousins
Contributors: Denis, Claire, 1948-; Hopscotch Productions; Music Box Films; British Film Institute; FilmFour (Firm); UK Film Council; More4 (Firm)
Publisher: Music Box Films
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Cinematography; History; Motion picture industry; Motion pictures; Motion picture producers and directors; Silent films
Description: The story of film: an odyssey, written and directed by award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins, is the story of international cinema told through the history of cinematic innovation. Five years in the making, The Story of Film: An Odyssey covers six continents and 12 decades, showing how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other. It provides  worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made; an epic tale that starts in  nickelodeons and ends as a multi-billion dollar globalised digital industry. Described as a 'love letter' to the movies, Cousins visits the key sites in the history of cinema from Hollywood to Mumbai; from Hitchcock's London to the village where Pather Panchali was shot, and features interviews with legendary filmmakers and actors including Stanley Donen, Kyoko Kagawa, Gus van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Claire Denis, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Towne, Jane Campion and Claudia Cardinale.
Notes: The set includes a 44 page collector's booklet and viewer's guide.

Actual playing time is approximately 146 min. not 106 min. as written on disc label.

Editor, Timo Langer.

Mark Cousins, Claire Denis.

DVD, widescreen 16:9, Audio English 2.0.
Table of contents: title: Disc 2. The 1930s. The great American movie genres and the brilliance of European language; title: 1939-1952. The devastation of war and a new movie language; title: 1953-1957. The swollen story: world cinema bursting at the seams.