What Do Those Old Films Mean?
7
2 votes
July 18, 1986
2h 36m
TV Movie
Documentary
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.
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