The Story of Film: An Odyssey S1E14 — New American Independents & The Digital Revolution

7.9

The Story of Film: An Odyssey•Season 1•Episode 14

New American Independents & The Digital Revolution

7.9/10 · 202 votesDec 3, 201164 min

Ranked #10 of 15 in Season 1•matches the season avg

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Brilliant, flashy, playful movies in the English speaking world in the nineties. We look at what was new in Tarantino’s dialogue and the edginess of the Coen Brothers. The writer of Starship Troopers and Robocop talks exclusively about the films’ irony. In Australia, Baz Luhrmann

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Seasons1

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Season 1 Episodes15

E1 8.1

Birth of the Cinema

E2 8.0

The Hollywood Dream

E3 8.1

The Golden Age of World Cinema

The Arrival of Sound

Post-War Cinema

Sex & Melodrama

European New Wave

New Directors, New Form

E9 8.0

American Cinema of the 70s

E10 7.7

Movies to Change the World

E11 7.8

The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream

E12 7.8

Fight the Power: Protest in Film

E13 7.9

New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America

E14 7.9Now viewing

New American Independents & The Digital Revolution

E15 7.9

Cinema Today and the Future

Cast2

Mark Cousins

Presenter / Narrator

Mario Cordova

Narrator

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Episode Summary

"New American Independents & The Digital Revolution" is episode 14 of The Story of Film: An Odyssey season 1. It scored 7.9/10 from 202 votes, ranking #10 of 15 episodes this season (season average 7.9). It aired on December 3, 2011.

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