Miniseries

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese celebrates US movies from the silent classics to the Hollywood of the seventies.

Episodes

Each episode has its own detail page.

Episode 173 min1995-05-21

Part 1

Film director Martin Scorsese considers the American cinema, divided into short chapters each looking at one aspect of American film, including: the studio system past and present; the question of narrative; technique - both technical and the development of visual literacy specific to films. He also looks at B-movies, films noirs, Westerns, gangster movies and musicals and some of the great figures in American cinema, from von Stroheim and Welles to Kubrick and Cassavetes.

Episode 280 min1995-05-28

Part 2

Martin Scorsese looks at the role of film as a technological innovation as directors use the challenges of widescreen, sound and colour to enhance their abilities to tell a story.

Episode 374 min1995-06-04

Part 3

In the last part of Martin Scorsese's history of American cinema, he examines filmmakers who hid subversive or dangerous ideas within their movies, such as Nicholas Ray with Bigger Than Life and Orson Welles with Citizen Kane.

Season Cast

Featured cast for this season.

Cast

Martin Scorsese

Self - Filmmaker / Host

Season Media

Posters and videos for this season.

Videos

No season videos available.

Posters

EN

800 × 1200