The Story of Film: An Odyssey S1E15 — Cinema Today and the Future

7.9

The Story of Film: An Odyssey•Season 1•Episode 15

Cinema Today and the Future

7.9/10 · 203 votesDec 10, 201164 min

Ranked #11 of 15 in Season 1•matches the season avg

Discussion

Movies come full circle: They get more serious after 9/11, and Romanian movies come to the fore. But then David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive becomes one of the most complex dream films ever made and Inception turns film into a game. In Moscow, master director Alexander

Previous episodeE14 · New American Independents & The Digital Revolution

Seasons1

All 1

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 7.9

New American Independents & The Digital Revolution

E15 7.9Now viewing

Cinema Today and the Future

Cast2

Mark Cousins

Presenter / Narrator

Mario Cordova

Narrator

Discussion

0 comments

Join the conversation

Share your take and reply to other fans.

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this episode.

Episode Summary

"Cinema Today and the Future" is episode 15 of The Story of Film: An Odyssey season 1. It scored 7.9/10 from 203 votes, ranking #11 of 15 episodes this season (season average 7.9). It aired on December 10, 2011.

Best episodes of The Story of Film: An Odyssey Best of Season 1