We all love films, but often don’t think hard enough about the role of cinema in our lives and in society more generally.

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FURTHER READING

“Cinema is the most prestigious cultural activity in the modern world. It is for us what theatre was in the age of Shakespeare or painting was in the days of Leonardo da Vinci: the art form with the biggest impact, the largest budgets, the most widespread audiences…”

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The Film clips in this film are:

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Hail Caesar (2016)
Amelie (2001)
Withnail and I (1987)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Hairspray (1988)
Bridesmaids (2011)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Morvern Callar (2002)
American Psycho (2000)
The Babadook (2014)
Bend it Like Beckham (2002)
Life is Sweet (1990)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Riot Club (2014)
Sex & the City 2 (2010)
Samsara (2011)
BBC Panorama: Inside North Korea (2013)
The First Movie (2009)
Lessons of Darkness (1992)
Wadjda (2012)
From Russia with Love (1963)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Meek's Cutoff (2010)
Selma (2014)
Brave (2012)
Moana (2016)
Tale of Tales (2015)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Two Days One Night (2014)
Leviathan (2014)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Ed Wood (1994)

Final Segment: The First Movie (2009)

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