American Cinema: Film in the Television Age

Martin Scorsese and Sydney Pollack are among the premier directors who discuss how classical Hollywood style, evolving and yet enduring over time, informs their work.

The studio system created the Golden Age of Hollywood, its classic film stars and big budget hits that captivated generations all across the world. However, the following decades proved that nothing lasts forever, even in Hollywood.

Talking heads and clips flesh out an hour look at noir, its gimmicks,its threatening women and how it related to the Production Code still in effect.