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How to Watch Classic Cinema in Order: Director-First Guides
Start with one filmmaker, watch the career bend, and the whole history of movies snaps into focus.

Start with one filmmaker, watch the career bend, and the whole history of movies snaps into focus.

From a designer's sketch to a canvas that flies in on cue, the backdrop is engineering wearing a costume.

The film that pulled the Hollywood western back from the grave, and the argument it started that never ended.

Screens, backdrops and staging gear cost what they cost for reasons most quotes never spell out. Here is what moves the number.