1 votes
Noel Burch’s fascinating and well-made (if at times historically contestable) six-part BBC television series, about early silent cinema in Denmark, England, the Soviet Union, France, Germany, and the U.S., mixes beautiful clips of rare films with various social theories about their significance.

Status: Released
Released Date: 1985-11-16
Runtime: 156 mins
Director: Noël Burch
Writer: Noël Burch
Spoken language: English
Genres: TV Movie, Documentary
Original title: What Do Those Old Films Mean?
Production Companies: Channel 4 Television, Ministère de la culture
Production Countries: France, United Kingdom