MARK COUSINS
THE STORY OF FILM
OUTLINE
Mark Cousins shows how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other. He demonstrates, for example, how Douglas Sirk's Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s influenced Rainer Werner Fassbinder's despairing visions of 1970s Germany; and how George Lucas' Star Wars epics grew out of Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress.
REVIEWS
He’s an omnivore extraordinaire, sharing choice morsels from the far corners of the form, which in turn give audiences without the same access to art houses or film festivals a chance to taste-test obscure and unusual movies. - Variety.
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