The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Name: Post-War Cinema
Duration: 3780 s
Cast: Mark Cousins, Mario Cordova, Paul Schrader

Post-War Cinema

Directed by Mark Cousins

TV-PG

S1 • E5 Oct 1, 2011 63m

8.08.3

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' in the Rain - talks about his career.