The Film school generation

United States, 1994

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Episode number 9 of Series “American cinema”.
Maverick filmmakers of the 1960’s and 1970’s including Brian DePalma, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, capitalized on new technology and borrowed from the classical Hollywood and French New Wave as they as they reinvented the American film. The financial and cultural forces that contributed to their success and commercial clout are explored.

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Credits

producer/director

Steve Jenkins

production company

BBC

KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)

New York Center for Visual History

Duration

00:55:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1994

Appears in

American cinema

Group of items

American cinema

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

307208

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - History

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - United States - History

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - United States

Television → Television series

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White and Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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