Now in its fifth chapter, The Story of Film: An Odyssey is an eight-part documentary series now playing at The ByTowne any cinephile won't want to miss.
Yes, you may have missed the first four parts of Mark Cousin's fifteen hour project, however each chapter stands on its own; exploring a different era of cinema.
Cousins' adapted this project from his book of the same name and part five explores the maturation of American film by looking a iconic movies from the '60s and '70s like Taxi Driver and Chinatown. After touching on these important masterpieces, The Story of moves on to exploring the emerging film markets of Japan and Australia during this time period.
The Story of Film culminates August 4th with the final chapter which explores movies in a post-9/11 world and imagining what film will be in the future.
The Story of Film: An Odyssey, part five
Thursday July 19 at 9:15 pm and Saturday July 21 at 2:30 pm
Each part plays Thursday nights and Saturday afternoons at the ByTowne Cinema
325 Rideau St
