OK, It’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but nobody needs to read
about that one. 25 million people
watched the premier. The other TV show I
won’t miss right now is The Story of Film, An Odyssey, airing on turner Classic
movies, Monday nights. It is a complete
course in movies. You should get college
credit for watching this program.
The 15-episode series played on BBC two years ago. Directed and narrated by Mark Cousins, the project
began as a book in 2004 and became documentary slowly thereafter. He pretty much devoted five years of his life
to the work and it shows. I love this
show because it doesn’t dwell in the abstract.
Cousins does talk about mood and nuance, but he shows actual clips of actual
developments. When he gets to Hitchcock
for instance, he doesn’t just say he’s great.
He gives you five solid reasons and backs them up with clips
illustrating his point.
The other reason to watch is exposure to stuff you very well may
never have seen before. This is not a
Hollywood-centric film. Like any odyssey
worthy of the name, he covers great distances.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is pretty damn cool, too.
Oh daddy
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