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What Do Those Old Films Mean? (1985)

What Do Those Old Films Mean? (1985)

TV Movie Documentary
Release Date: 1985, November 16
Directors: Noël Burch
Countries: France, United Kingdom
Production: Channel 4 Television, Ministère de la culture, Ministère de la culture
Cast: Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks

Overview:

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.