What's On UEN-TV
Great Directors: Making of 21st Century Hollywood
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Immigrant FilmmakersMonday, April 22
1:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1Hollywood has always attracted foreign directors with unique outsider perspective and filmmaking traditions, including film masters such as Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock and Ang Lee. Program three presents the impact of immigrant directors not only on American cinema, but their judgment and portrayal of the American story. Chapters: The Outsider's Perspective. 1942 - Ernst Lubitsch, Master of Innuendo. 1944 - Otto Preminger Brings the Dark Shadows of Europe to Hollywood. 1954 - Elia Kazan Redefines Acting. 1958 - Alfred Hitchcock, Master of Suspense. 2013 - Ang Lee Wins Oscar for Best Director. -
The Independent AuteurMonday, April 15
1:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1While one half of Hollywood is the big budget action film, the other half is the socially and psychologically conscious Indie. From John Cassavetes to the Coen brothers, program two focuses on the independent auteur, the director as author of the "literature" of modern times. Chapters: The Auteur Theory. 1959 - John Cassavetes, Father of Independent American Cinema. 1968 - Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey. 1970 - Robert Altman's MASH Satirizes War. 1977 - Woody Allen Makes Annie Hall. 1994 - Quentin Tarantino Romanticizes Violence with Pulp Fiction. 2007 - The Coen Brothers, Masters of Genre Bending. -
The Summer BlockbusterMonday, April 8
1:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1In the 1970s Hollywood escaped slow financial ruin with the emergence of the summer Blockbuster from the genius of such directors as Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Program one shows how this idea not only redefined the business of Hollywood, but led to one of Hollywood's greatest financial marvels - the franchise. Chapters: The Tent Pole. 1972 - Francis Ford Coppola Redefines Hollywood. 1975 - Steven Spielberg Launches the Summer Blockbuster. 1977 - George Lucas Establishes 'The Franchise'. 2012 - The Franchise Event Film.