Science produces a new art -- Artistic and narrative progress -- David Wark Griffith -- Friffith's contemporaries (1910-1925) -- American studio founders: the silent years -- Sweden, Denmark, and Germany (1912-1928) -- France: eclecticism (1917-1930) -- Russia: national causes and montage (1917-1930) -- New technology and filmtypes: Hollyweed (1927-1939) -- Sound impressions abroad: Germany, France, and Russia -- Directorial styles: Hollywood (1930-1950) -- Major European directors (1930-1950) -- The 1950s and 60s: new technoby, influences, themes come to hoolywood -- The French new wave and Luis Bunuel -- Italy after neorealism -- Great Britain: Struggle for identity -- Eastern Europe: international success -- International visionaries -- The strains of contemporary American cinema --

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