9. The maturing of American cinema in the late 60s and 70s:
Buck Henry, who wrote The Graduate, talks exclusively about movie satire of the time. In New York, 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.
10. Movies that tried to change the world in the 70s:
Starting in Germany with Wim Wenders, then moving to Britain, talking to Ken Loach, before travelling to Italy, and seeing the birth of new Australian cinema, finally arriving in Japan, which was making the most moving films in the world. Even bigger, bolder questions about film were being asked in Africa and South America, and the story ends with John Lennon's extraordinary and psychedelic favourite film - The Holy Mountain.
- Sunday August 5, 2012 at 4:30PM
- Wednesday August 8, 2012 at 7:00PM
This screening is part of the larger thematic series:
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey
- The Story Of Film: An Odyssey: Episodes 1 & 2 (2011)
- The Story Of Film: An Odyssey: Episodes 3 & 4 (2011)
- The Story Of Film: An Odyssey: Episodes 5 & 6 (2011)
- The Story Of Film: An Odyssey: Episodes 7 & 8 (2011)
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episodes 9 & 10 (2011)
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episodes 11 & 12 (2011)
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episodes 13 & 14 (2011)
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episode 15 (2011)
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