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American Cinema - 100 Years of Filmmaking
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381916324
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Release Date: August 22, 2000
Running Time: 542 minutes
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: January 23, 1995
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Editorial Review:
The history of Hollywood and filmmaking comes alive in this spectacular nine hour celebration of movie magic. It's a mesmerizing, epic analysis that combines rare archival film, key scenes from immortal movies, interviews with leading filmmakers and commentary from noted film scholars and critics. As seen on PBS, this highly acclaimed series is the definitive chronicle of the American cinema, from its beginning to today. Includes interviews with Robert Altman, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Spike Lee, George Lucas, Sidney Lumet, Julia Roberts, Martin Scorsese, Gene Siskel, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, and many more! Episodes: The Hollywood Style, The Star, Romantic Comedy, Film Noir, The Western, The Combat Film, The Studio System, Film in the Television Age, The Film School Generation, The Edge of Hollywood.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Best Film Class Value
If you want to undertake a serious study of what makes movies tick, this it it.
It is to be underscored that this is not a collection of clips with an effusive commentary. Instead, it is a serious and organized study of how cinema works to deliver an emotional and cognitive message by use of visual language. "Pure cinema" does not exist per se, but you get a much better idea of what it might be by viewing this series.
If, after seeing it, you decide to enroll in a local ... Read More
Rating:  - Accessible and Lively Film History
I use this set for film and history classes because the references are fresh and available to those whose have interest but little knowledge. The absence of academic vocabulary may by off-putting to some, but it makes the viewer feel well-informed and well-entertained at the same time. My idea of education!
Rating: - Misses ONE Major aspect of American Cinema
Animation. Even Orsen Welles has said on numerous occasions that the single biggest influence on his visual approach to Citizen Kane was Walt Disney's Pinocchio. Disney's impact on cinema with his specific use of sound and especially Technicolor,and its ability of color to support the dramatic stories he told must not be underestimated. Disney even had exclusive rights to 3 strip Technicolor for a number of years. The "integrated" movie musical BEGAN with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and was ... Read More
Rating: - The Cheapest Film Class You'll Ever Take
Writing a screenplay? Trying to do an indie? This set TOUCHES on 100's of important (sometimes obscure) American films...just enough to make you want to find some of them for further study and ignore others. You will see, within catagories or timelines, snippets, some brief but some several minutes, give you the highlights, the substance.
This is NOT MGM's "That's Entertainment".
This IS a series of entertaining, lucid programs that follow like film school seminars but are easily understood ... Read More
Rating:  - Who's Running This Show?
The first half of the series was terrific, but the last half happened to miss one of the greatest American filmmakers of our century: Woody Allen. Was it due to timing (the affair) or was Mia on the board?
Other than that, it's a pretty decent view of what this continent has had to offer the world of cinema.
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