The Story of Film: An Odyssey S1E5 — Post-War Cinema

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey•Season 1•Episode 5

Post-War Cinema

8.0/10 · 262 votesOct 1, 201163 min

Ranked #6 of 15 in Season 1•+0.1 vs season avg

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Mark Cousins explores how the trauma of war led to more daring creations for cinema, focusing on the darkening of American film and the drama of the McCarthy years. Screenwriters Paul Schrader and Robert Towne discuss the era and Stanley Donen - director of Singin'

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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 7.9

Cinema Today and the Future

Cast2

Mark Cousins

Presenter / Narrator

Mario Cordova

Narrator

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Episode Summary

"Post-War Cinema" is episode 5 of The Story of Film: An Odyssey season 1. It scored 8.0/10 from 262 votes, ranking #6 of 15 episodes this season (season average 7.9). It aired on October 1, 2011.

Next: E6 · Sex & Melodrama Best of Season 1