Conclusion - Martin Scorsese - A Personal Journey Through American Movies

This is Part 14 of Martin Scorsese's Personal Journey Through American Movies.

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
America America (1963) - Elia Kazan

Iconoclast - Martin Scorsese - A Personal Journey Through American Movies

This is Part 11 of Martin Scorsese's Personal Journey Through American Movies.

NOTE: There are three videos (below) to this episode.

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
Broken Blossoms (1919) - D.W. Griffith
The Wedding March (1927) - Erich von Stroheim
Hell's Highway (1932) - Rowland Brown
Wild Boys of the Road (1933) - William Wellman
The Scarlet Empress (1934) - Josef von Sternberg
Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles
The Magnificant Ambersons (1942) - Orson Welles
The Great Dictator (1940) - Charles Chaplin

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - Elia Kazan
On the Waterfront (1954) - Elia Kazan - EDITED due to copyright, Scorsese commentary remains.

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) - Otto Preminger
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - Alexander Mackendrick
One, Two, Three (1961) - Billy Wilder
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - Arthur Penn
Lolita (1962) - Stanley Kubrick
Barry Lyndon (1975) - Stanley Kubrick
Faces (1968) - John Cassavetes

Smuggler - Martin Scorsese - A Personal Journey Through American Movies

This is Part 9 of Martin Scorsese's Personal Journey Through American Movies.

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
Cat People (1942) - Jacques Tourneur
I Walked with a Zombie (1943) - Jacques Tourneur
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) - Max Ophuls
Scarlet Street (1945) - Fritz Lang
Detour (1945) - Edgar G. Ulmer
Double Indemnity (1944) - Billy Wilder
Crime Wave (1954) - Andre De Toth
Outrage (1950) - Ida Lupino
Gun Crazy (1950) - Joseph H. Lewis
T-Men (1947) - Anthony Mann
Raw Deal (1948) - Anthony Mann
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) - Robert Aldrich

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
Silver Lode (1954) - Allan Dwan
All that Heaven Allows (1956) - Douglas Sirk
Bigger Than Life (1956) - Nicholas Ray - REMOVED due to copyright
Forty Guns (1957) - Samuel Fuller - REMOVED due to copyright
Pick up on South Street (1953) - Samuel Fuller - REMOVED due to copyright
Shock Corridor (1963) - Samuel Fuller
Two Weeks in Another Town (1963) - Vincente Minnelli

Illusionist - Martin Scorsese - A Personal Journey Through American Movies

This is Part 7 of Martin Scorsese's Personal Journey Through American Movies.

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
The Cameraman (1928) - Buster Keaton
The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
Death's Marathon (1913) - D.W. Griffith
Cabiria (1914) - Giovanni Pastrone
Intolerance (1916) - D.W. Griffith
The Ten Commandments (1923) - Cecil B. DeMille
Samson and Delilah (1949) - Cecil B. DeMille
The Ten Commandments (1956) - Cecil B. DeMille
Sunrise (1927) - F.W. Murnau
Seventh Heaven (1927) - Frank Borzage
Anna Christie (1930) - Clarence Brown
Her Man (1930) - Tony Garnett
The Big House (1930) - George Hill
Scarface (1932) - Howard Hawks
The Public Enemy (1931) - William Wellman
Leave Her to Heaven (1945) - John Stahl

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
Johnny Guitar (1954) - Nicholas Ray
The Robe (1953) - Henry Koster - First movie in Widescreen
East of Eden (1955) - Elia Kazan
Some Came Running (1958) - Vincente Minnelli
Land of the Pharaohs (1955) - Howard Hawks
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) - Anthony Mann
Young Indian Jones Chronicles (1993) - George Lucas, Producer
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Stanley Kubric - Birth of Special Effects
Cat People (1942) - Jacques Tourneur

Musical - Martin Scorsese - A Personal Journey Through American Movies

This is Part 6 of Martin Scorsese's Personal Journey Through American Movies.

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) - Busby Berkeley
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) - Mervyn LeRoy
42nd Street (1933) - Lloyd Bacon
Footlight Parade (1933) - Lloyd Bacon - Starring James Cagney
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) - Vincente Minnelli
My Dream is Yours (1949) - Michael Curtiz - Inspired Scorcese's New York, New York (1977)
The Bandwagon (1953) - Vincente Minnelli
A Star is Born (1954) - George Cukor
All that Jazz (1979) - Bob Fosse

Gangster Film - Martin Scorsese - A Personal Journey Through American Movies

This is Part 5 of Martin Scorsese's Personal Journey Through American Movies.

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
The Public Enemy (1931) - William Wellman
The Regeneration (1915) - Raoul Walsh
Scarface (1932) - Howard Hawks
The Roaring Twenties (1939) - Raoul Walsh - Inspired Scorsese's Short Film It's It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964)
I Walk Alone (1948) - Byron Haskin
Force of Evil (1948) - Abraham Polonsky
Production Photographs from The Godfather (1972) - Francis Ford Coppola
Point Blank (1967) - John Boorman

Western - Martin Scorsese - A Personal Journey Through American Movies

This is Part 4 of Martin Scorsese's Personal Journey Through American Movies.

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
Stagecoach (1939) - John Ford
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) - John Ford
The Searchers (1956) - John Ford
The Furies (1950) - Anthony Mann
The Naked Spur (1953) - Anthony Mann
The Tall T (1957) - Budd Boetticher
The Left-Handed Gun (1958) - Arthur Penn
Unforgiven (1992) - Clint Eastwood
Directed by John Ford (1971) - Peter Bogdanovich

Storyteller - Martin Scorsese - A Personal Journey Through American Movies

This is Part 3 of Martin Scorsese's Personal Journey Through American Movies.

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edward S. Porter
The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) - D.W. Griffith
High Sierra (1941) - Raoul Walsh
Colorado Territory (1949) - Raoul Walsh - Western remake of High Sierra.

Director's Dilemma - Martin Scorsese - A Personal Journey Through American Movies

This is Part 2 of Martin Scorsese's Personal Journey Through American Movies.

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - Vincente Minnelli
Duel in the Sun (1946) - King Vidor
It's a Great Feeling (1949) - David Butler - Scene with cameo by King Vidor
The Crowd (1928) - King Vidor
MGM Studio Tour (1925)
Production Footage: The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) - Michael Curtiz
Production Footage: Lust for Life (1956) - Vincente Minnelli

Intro - Martin Scorsese - A Personal Journey Through American Movies

Using clips from more than 300 of the greatest movies ever made, this series explores film history and American culture through the eyes of over 150 Hollywood insiders, including Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, Sydney Pollack, Jim Jarmusch, Julie Dash, the Coen brothers, Steven Spielberg, John Milius, Jane Russell, Errol Morris, Walter Murch, Nora Ephron, and Quentin Tarantino.

This series is a survey of the American film industry as an art form, as an industry, and as a system of representation and communication. It explores how Hollywood films work technically, aesthetically, and culturally to reinforce and challenge America’s national self-image.

Produced by the New York Center for Visual History in association with KCET/Los Angeles and the BBC, 1995.

Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - Vincente Minnelli
Duel in the Sun (1946) - King Vidor
The Naked Kiss (1964) - Samuel Fuller
Murder By Contract (1958) - Irving Lerner
The Red House (1947) - Delmer Daves
The Phenix City Story (1955) - Phil Karlson
Sullivan's Travels (1945) - Preston Sturges

Film Noir - PBS American Cinema

PBS takes a look at Film Noir, how it came about, what defines the style, where it went after the 1950s. Enjoy.

Are YouTubers Revolutionizing Entertainment?

Another interesting video from PBS Off Book:

Over the past 8 years, YouTube has given birth to an increasingly sophisticated entertainment culture that operates outside of the traditional television and film ecosystem. With humble roots in charismatic and creative people simply sharing their lives, thoughts, and humor to their webcams, YouTube entertainment has diversified and grown into tens of thousands of unique channels with millions of loyal fans and subscribers. With a new generation of viewers increasingly turning to YouTube instead of broadcast TV, a new industry is being built around personalities who have dissolved the barriers between on-screen talent and the audience, and who employ visual aesthetics that make the viewer feel as if they are a part of the creator's life. Truly, we are in a new era of entertainment, one being led by millions of young people who are equally happy to watch video on their laptop as they are on their TV.

Channels Featured in this video include:

1) Hannah Hart
2) PewDiePie
3) Elle Fowler
4) Sam Merrick
5) Sam Pepper
6) Wheezy Waiter
7) Charlie McDonnell
8) Magic of Rahat
9) AmazingPhil
10) Daily Grace
11) Dave Days
12) Community Channel
13) RealityChangers
14) Kevin's Channel
15) Ray William Johnson
16) Smosh
17) VlogBrothers
18) Joe Sugg
19) Ben Breedlove
20) Idea Channel
21) MyMusic: The Experience
22) Jenna Marbles
23) HotForWords
24) Cracked
25) VlogCandy
26) Vsauce
27) Vsauce2
28) Vsauce
29) CTFxC
30) DanIsNotOnFire
31) PointlessBlog
32) MeekaKitty
33) Ryan Higga
34) MemeMolly
35) Mitchell Davis
36) Shut Up! Cartoons
37) The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
38) Choose A Different Ending
39) Shane Dawson TV
40) The Philip DeFranco Show
41) Kassem G
42) The NoHo Girls
43) Luisito Rey
44) Rosanna Pansino
45) Swoozie
46) DSPGaming
47) KittiesMama Family Channel

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The Art of Film & TV Title Design

Another interesting video from PBS Off Book:

The credits are often the first thing we see when we watch a great film or TV show, but the complexity and artistry of title design is rarely discussed. Creators of title sequences are tasked to invent concepts that evoke the core story and themes of the production, and to create a powerful visual experience that pulls the viewer into the film's world. In this episode we hear the stories of some of the most inventive people working in the field, including the creators of the iconic Mad Men sequence, the hilarious Zombieland opening and "rules" sequences, and the stirring end credits from Blue Valentine.

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The Art of Portrait Photography

PBS Off Book has an interesting video about portrait photography.

Humans have been creating likenesses of each other for thousands of years, but with the introduction of photography, a new language developed for capturing the human image. Photography created opportunities for not just for biography and documentation, but also depth, empathy, and experimentation. Many portrait photographers today elevate their work from mere photo to art, communicating ideas and capturing the human subject with dignity, all while exploring the meaning and potential of portraiture.

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"Street Art" - PBS - Off Book

PBS, for those who don't know, is the Public Broadcasting Service, a non-profit American television network. They broadcast a range of programs, most noticably for Australians, the PBS NewsHour, which is home to people like Jim Lehrer, David Brooks and Mark Shields.

They also have their own YouTube channel, with almost 5,000 videos uploaded. Part of that is a sub-channel called "Off Book", a web-exclusive series that explores cutting edge art, focused on a new generation of artists.  

No, it's an optical illusion, done in chalk. Street art, at it's most challenging...

This video is called Street Art. It's different, but I like it.

The street is a space where art thrives, and a place where artists can shape the public aesthetic. Olek, a sculptor whose medium is crochet, and Swoon, a mixed media artist, disrupt daily life with work that creates wonder, emotion, and humor. Equally at home in museums and galleries, both artists also create installations that challenge the formats of traditional art spaces. With powerful layers of meaning, beautiful aesthetics, and using unique media, these two prolific creators are pushing the boundaries of contemporary art.

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