The Story of Film: An Odyssey

American Cinema of the 70s

Directed by Mark Cousins
TV-PG
S1 • E9    Oct 28, 2011    62m
8.0
The maturing of American cinema of the late sixties and seventies: Buck Henry, writer of The Graduate, talks exclusively about movie satire of the time. Paul Schrader reveals his thoughts on his existential screenplay for Taxi Driver. Writer Robert Towne explores the dark ideas in Chinatown, and director Charles Burnett talks about the birth of Black American cinema.

Cast of American Cinema of the 70s

  • Mark CousinsPresenter / Narrator / Director / Writer
  • Mario CordovaNarratore
  • Paul SchraderSelf
  • Buck HenrySelf
  • Robert TowneSelf
  • Haskell WexlerSelf
  • Charles BurnettSelf
  • John ArcherProducer

 

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