Film

The electronic Houdini. Literally electronic magic. Deceptive, wicked, beautiful, cruel, kind, brutal, truthful, plus a million other adjectives.

Edison, Lumiere and others who instigated this 20 th century cultural revolution. Every moving picture really tells a story.

* We look at the early studio magnates in America .

* Asian films both Bollywood and Oriental including Japanese masters like Kurosawa. The early Eastern European Jews who took this incredible craft to America ’s West Coast.

*Film schools old and new.

* A look at some legendary directors plus the new wave. Bet your shirt on this Mr Producer! The world of whirlwind risk takers, both pioneers and current.

* Cultural representation in films; the propaganda machine for different ethnicities.

* Film is perhaps the ultimate art form. The young relative of drawing, writing and painting.

* Music in film; Elmer Bernstein, John Williams, John Barry, Quincy Jones, Lalo Schifrin. We dissect the James Bond theme. Is it the most famous film-score ever?