The Story of Film: An Odyssey

September. 03,2011      
Rating:
8.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The story of international cinema told through the history of cinematic innovation. Covering six continents and 12 decades, showing how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other.

Mark Cousins as  Narrator
Lars von Trier as  Self
Kyōko Kagawa as  Self
Aleksandr Sokurov as  Self
Norman Lloyd as  Self
Paul Schrader as  Self
Haskell Wexler as  Self
Yuen Woo-ping as  Self
Shinya Tsukamoto as  Self
Samira Makhmalbaf as  Self

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