PBS American Cinema 04of10 Film Noir XviD AC3 avi

Arts Documentary hosted by John Lithgow, published by PBS in 1995 - English narration


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The history of Hollywood and filmmaking comes alive in this spectacular nine hour celebration of movie magic. It's a mesmerizing, epic analysis that combines rare archival film, key scenes from immortal movies, interviews with leading filmmakers and commentary from noted film scholars and critics. As seen on PBS, this highly acclaimed series is the definitive chronicle of the American cinema, from its beginning to today. Includes interviews with Robert Altman, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Spike Lee, George Lucas, Sidney Lumet, Julia Roberts, Martin Scorsese, Gene Siskel, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, and many more.

A New York Center for Visual History Production in co-production with KCET and the BBC



Episode 4 : Film Noir

This program examines the genre of film noir-its roots in German Expressionism; its links to the Cold War, from nuclear threats to blacklisting; and the use of special lighting and camera angles to emphasize themes of corruption and urban decay.

NARRATOR: Richard Widmark




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Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4
Video Bitrate: 2212 kbps
Video Resolution: 704x536
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.313:1
Frames Per Second: 29.970
Audio Codec: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3) AC3
Audio Bitrate: 224kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 1
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 51:13.101
Number Of Parts: 10
Part Size: 896 MB
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