The Last Tycoons(2019)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2019-10-12
Average Runtime: 58m
Rating: 0.0
Votes: 0
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
An eight-part series on the history of French cinema from the postwar era to New Wave and beyond. Unearths the stories behind the films’ creation through live and archival interviews with the producers of the films in the series, as well as colleagues, family members, and experts on French cinema. Interlaced throughout is footage from a wealth of classic French films.
Keywords
filmmakingcinema history
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 8E01
The Romantic Ones
Air Date: 2019-10-12
Dissatisfied in Hollywood, brothers Robert and Raymond Hakim returned to France to re-launch their careers. André Pau...
E02
The Tenacious Ones
Air Date: 2019-10-19
During WWII the Nazis seized the operations of dormant production companies—notably those of Jewish producers who wer...
E03
The Audacious Ones
Air Date: 2019-10-26
The New Wave was partly driven by producers who saw hand-held cameras and cheaper lighting as ways to save money. Bre...
E04
The American Way
Air Date: 2019-11-02
In American studios, producers weren't constantly hunting for financing, and unlike under French law, directors didn'...
E05
The Lovers
Air Date: 2019-11-09
Producers driven by a true passion for film. Mag Bodard was a woman producing films during an almost completely male-...
E06
The Immortals
Air Date: 2019-11-16
Raymond Danon's hard-nosed, no-nonsense persona concealed a deep love for cinema and a flair for the theatrical. Dano...
E07
Censorship
Air Date: 2019-11-23
The 1970s expanded the bounds of the permissible in film — anything that could make it past the censors. Emmanuelle w...
E08
The Magnificent Ones
Air Date: 2019-11-30
Risk-taking producers at the tail end of a wide-open period of French cinema. Jean-Pierre Rassam lavished money on fi...
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