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Philomena Cunk asks experts all of the hard-hitting questions about the history of cinema, from the invention of the camera, to the New Wave filmmakers of the 60s, right up to the entrance of CGI and what the future of AI holds. Cunk will attempt to demystify it all while sitting in lumpy seats with stale popcorn, asking herself where did cinema come from? And why? What does it want? And why can't it tell us?
Transcript
00:00Humankind has been responsible for some incredible achievements.
00:04Conquering the landscape, growing the Great Wall of Chinese,
00:08discovering Mona Lisa, and inventing global warming.
00:11But none of these superficially impressive feats
00:14compares to our finest creation, cinema.
00:20Along the way, I'll probe the backstories of Movieland's biggest icons.
00:25Why did they say Marilyn Monroe is the ultimate male fantasy
00:28when, as far as I can see, the ultimate male fantasy
00:31is having your own podcast?
00:32I'll sit down and eventually talk to contemporary stars.
00:36When you're trying to get inside a character,
00:38which hole do you enter by, north or south?
00:41Uh, you... it's not like a... I mean...
00:47I'll look at the silver screen's emotional highs
00:49and ask, why do they sound that way?
00:52Jaws is an unbelievably impactful score.
00:56How did a shark write that?
00:57And as cinematic visions grow ever bigger and bolder,
01:00I'll ask critics, cinematographers, experts and directors
01:04how movies are actually made.
01:06If you made a film that's 12 metres long at the cinema,
01:09would I need a 12 metre TV to watch it at home,
01:12or do you just film it again with smaller actors and sets?
01:15They're... no, I'm just, uh... these are odd questions.
01:21Um...
01:21So join me, Philomena Conk,
01:24as I embark on a blockbuster journey
01:26into the deepest guts of film.
01:28This is ConCon Cinema.
01:32Welcome to the Second Life.
01:38This is ConV start.
01:39Welcome to the First Life.
01:40Welcome to the Next Life.
01:40Welcome to the Second Life.
01:42You can't do this.
01:42You can't do this.
01:47If you're done, it's my heart-notch.
01:47It's my heart-notch.
01:47You

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