Learning on ScreenCinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (3 Parts)
- Synopsis
- Series telling the story of early film-making in Europe. Narrator: Kenneth Branagh.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 3 x 120 min.
- Year of production
- 1995
- Availability
- Sale; 1998 sale: £44.95 (inclusive) retail (set)
- Notes
- Broadcast in 6 parts BBC2 from 1/10/95.
- Documentation
- Related article by Barry Norman in ‘Radio Times’ (30/9/98), p72.
- Subjects
- Media studies
- Keywords
- early cinema
Credits
- Director
- Dan Carter; David Gill; Kevin Brownlow; Michael Winterbottom
- Producer
- David Gill; Kevin Brownlow
- Cast
Kenneth Branagh
Sections
- Title
- Where it all began / Art’s promised land
- Synopsis
- 1: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN (directors David Gill and Kevin Brownlow): traces the birth of the industry in Europe from the first moving pictures screened in 1895 through to World War 1. Shows the hand-coloured fantasies of George Melies, the comedy of Max Linde
- Title
- Unchained camera, The / The mask of light
- Synopsis
- 2: THE UNCHAINED CAMERA (directors David Gill and Kevin Brownlow): Looks at German film-makers who flourished in a period of extraordinary artistic and technical creativity between the wars. Techniques such as the 'unchained camera' were developed, perman
- Title
- Opportunity lost / End of an era
- Synopsis
- 3: OPPORTUNITY LOST (directors David Gill and Kevin Brownlow): Looks at the British film industry and examines why British cinema failed ot keep up with that of Germany and France. Many new film techniques had been pioneered in the UK before World War 1,
Production Company
Sponsor
- Name
BBC Television
- Name
France
- Name
ZDF
- Notes
- See: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Distributor
- Name
AVP
- info@avp.co.uk
- Web
- http://avp.100megs28.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01291 625439
- Fax
- 01291 629671
- Address
- School Hill Centre
Chepstow
Monmouthshire
NP16 5PH - Notes
- Use for: Audio Visual Productions. Ceased trading.
- Name
DLT Entertainment UK Ltd
- Phone
- 020 7631 1184
- Fax
- 020 7636 4571
- Address
- 10 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3RA
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