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World Cinema - Part 1: Crash Course Film History #14

This episode surveys major international film movements, including Italian Neorealism and the French New Wave, that developed as direct responses to Hollywood's dominant style. A broad but useful primer on global film history.

CrashCourse · 11 min · Intermediate · HIS · Film History · 2016

What you take away

Major film movements outside Hollywood often arose specifically to reject its conventions.

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