What Do Those Old Films Mean?
A series of six episodes into the early years of filmmaking in six countries: Great Britain, the U.S., Denmark, France, the USSR and Germany.
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"Via Channel 4 and the French Ministry of Culture, Noël Burch answered the self-imposed question (the title of the television series) in six half-hour parts. Burch concentrated his discussion on the relationship between society and film, which was interesting--a deviation from the usual discussion of artistic merits and innovations. Nevertheless, Annick Nozati mars the program with an ugly original musical score. At times, I would have stopped watching if I wasn't certain Burch had something else to teach me. The score is some newfangled mess of quickened commotion, mechanical sounds and o..."
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A series of six episodes into the early years of filmmaking in six countries: Great Britain, the U.S., Denmark, France, the USSR and Germany.