Filmmaker Mark Cousins on the The Story of Film: A New Generation

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In 2011, filmmaker Mark Cousins released his award-winning documentary, The Story of Film: An Odyssey . It's a film that's true to its title. Through 15 episodes and 915 minutes, it provides an expansive, detailed look at cinema that explores the history of the medium. Mark recently followed up The Story of Film with two new chapters, titled: The Story of Film: a New Generation. The new documentary covers dozens of more titles and moments in film history, and adds another 150 minutes to the original series. Mark Cousins joins Bullseye to talk about what inspired him to continue his The Story of Film documentary. He also talks about why he prefers to go to the theater to see films rather than watching them at home. Plus, he tells us about the legit piece of movie history he brings with him wherever he goes.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:22.4	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:24.2	How long is 915 minutes?
0:28.0	That is more than 15 hours.
0:31.0	It's long enough for me to drive from here in LA to Denver, Colorado.
0:36.0	In another 915 minutes, I could get on a plane and fly from Denver to Tokyo, Japan.
0:42.0	In 915 minutes, you can brew a great pot of iced tea in your fridge.
0:47.0	You can brush paint on the wall and watch it dry twice.
0:51.0	You can spend 915 minutes doing any of those things.
0:55.0	Or you can watch a documentary.
0:59.0	The story of film, an Odyssey, is true to its title.
1:03.0	It's an expansive look at cinema that was originally released in 2011.
1:09.0	In 15 episodes, the story of film covers the entire history of the medium
1:14.0	from the very beginning of film to the golden age of Hollywood to the rise of film
1:18.0	and the rest of the world to the ascent of digital filmmaking and everything in between.
1:23.0	It's a staggering work that won a Peabody, it's been celebrated by critics and watched by millions.
1:30.0	My guest, Mark Cousins, made the story of film.
1:34.0	He also narrates it.
1:36.0	He's a director and writer from Northern Ireland.
1:39.0	Mark recently followed up the story of film with a sequel.
1:42.0	The story of film, a new generation.
1:45.0	It covers dozens more titles and movements, adds another 150 minutes to the series.
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