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This 2 disc set is a must-have for anyone who has ever seen a movie! Seen through the eyes of acclaimed director, Martin Scorsese, the audience journeys through the last 100 years of cinema. He begins with the creative process, storytelling and technical aspects of film production and ends with this look at filmmakers who have shaken the establishment and changed the way we see time today.
Editor's Note
Master auteur Martin Scorsese writes, directs, and hosts this compendium of the greatest works of American cinema, charting the medium's course from nickelodeon reels to digital imaging. The multipart series includes an exhaustive range of clips (supervised by longtime Scorsese editor Thelma Schoonmaker) and interviews with great directors who discuss the nature of cinema authorship and the changing role of the filmmaker. The film consists of head-and-shoulder shots of Scorsese talking to the camera and longer film clips with the director's voice-over, with Scorsese approaching the series in a deeply personal manner, speaking in terms of how films affected him as a director first, followed by the effect they had on him as a storyteller and fan. It is this intimate approach that makes the British Film Institute coproduction such an original achievement. Rather than force Scorsese to tell an objective history, it lets his fanaticism and love for the cinema shine through by allowing him to choose film clips that moved him as an individual. Various chapters include The Director's Dilemma, The Director as Storyteller, The Director as Illusionist, The Director as Smuggler, and The Director as Iconoclast.
| Features | 2 Disc Set | | Scene Access | | Interactive Menus | | English Dolby Digital Stereo |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista Home Video |
| Release Date: 6/3/2003 |
| Running Time: 226 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 20672 | | UPC: 00717951010476 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: B&W and Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 4:3 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Premiere
"...It's a four hour feast of clips and observations..." 06/01/2003 p.101Entertainment Weekly
"...[A] chatty and insanely informative 1995 documentary/clip-show..." 01/11/2002 p.34 |
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