American Cinema

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  • Started airing: January 1994
  • Episodes: 13 (Avg. 13 per season)
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Season 1

1x1: The Hollywood Style
In the classical Hollywood film, the story is primary. Filmmakers rely on style — structure, narrative, and visual elements — to effectively tell their story. Martin Scorsese... read more »
Air date June 7th, 1995
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1x2: The Studio System
This program surveys Hollywood's industrial past during the era of contract players and directors, studio police forces, and colorful movie moguls. It also looks at the... read more »
Air date June 14th, 1995
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1x3: The Star
Greta Garbo, Cary Grant, Dustin Hoffman — these among many others are names synonymous with Hollywood. Early on, Hollywood saw that recognizable talent could minimize the... read more »
Air date June 21st, 1995
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1x4: The Western
The western is an American myth that has been translated by other cultures and reinterpreted time and again, but never dies. With clips and critical commentary on westerns from... read more »
Air date June 28th, 1995
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1x5: Romantic Comedy
Breezy and silly to witty and intelligent, romantic comedies have been with us since the 1930s. But the surface humor has often just barely masked issues of gender and... read more »
Air date July 5th, 1995
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1x6: The Combat Film
Beginning with World War II combat films — produced under directives from the federal government — this program examines the role of the combat film in filling a social and... read more »
Air date July 12th, 1995
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1x7: Film Noir
These cynical and pessimistic films from the 1930s and '40s touched a nerve in Americans. Historians link the genre's overriding paranoia to Cold War-related angst over the... read more »
Air date July 19th, 1995
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1x8: Film in the Television Age
Television first arrived in American homes just as the Hollywood studio system was collapsing. As the new medium took hold, so did a new era of motion picture entertainment. Top... read more »
Air date July 26th, 1995
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1x9: The Film School Generation
Maverick filmmakers of the 1960s and '70s, including Brian DePalma, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg, capitalized on new technology and borrowed from classical Hollywood... read more »
Air date August 2nd, 1995
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1x10: The Edge of Hollywood
While many of the old rules are still in force, independent filmmakers today often add their dissenting voices to the forum. This program looks at some alternative visions from... read more »
Air date August 9th, 1995
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1x11: Film Language
"Film Language" illustrates basic terms such as tracking shots and zooms and also provides a primer on editing technique.
Air date August 22nd, 1996
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1x12: Writing and Thinking About Film
"Writing and Thinking About Film" provides a formal and cultural analysis of a classical film sequence. It serves as a critical how-to guide for those new to film... read more »
Air date August 22nd, 1996
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1x13: Classical Hollywood Today
"Classical Hollywood Today" offers interviews with contemporary directors, European filmmakers, scholars, and critics, as well as studio-era veterans who probe... read more »
Air date August 22nd, 1996
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