What Do Those Old Films Mean?

Noel Burch’s fascinating and well-made (if at times historically contestable) six-part BBC television series, about early silent cinema in Denmark, England, the Soviet Union, France, Germany, and the U.S., mixes beautiful clips of rare films with various social theories about their significance.

Country:

France,

United Kingdom

Genre:

TV Movie,

Documentary

Duration:

156 minutes

Year:

1985

Director:

Noël Burch

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Company:

Channel 4 Television,

Ministère de la culture

Cast:

Himself(archive footage)

Herself(archive footage)

Crew:

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Producer

Thanks

Researcher

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