The Story of Film: An Odyssey S1E6 — Sex & Melodrama

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey•Season 1•Episode 6

Sex & Melodrama

7.8/10 · 243 votesOct 8, 201163 min

Ranked #12 of 15 in Season 1•−0.1 vs season avg

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Sex and melodrama in the movies of the fifties: James Dean, On the Waterfront and glossy weepies. We travel to Egypt, India, China, Mexico, Britain and Japan to find that movies there were also full of rage and passion. Exclusive interviews include associates of Indian

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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

"Sex & Melodrama" is episode 6 of The Story of Film: An Odyssey season 1. It scored 7.8/10 from 243 votes, ranking #12 of 15 episodes this season (season average 7.9). It aired on October 8, 2011.

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