Moving Pictures was a television series devoted to film that aired on BBC 2 from 1991 to 1996. It was presented by Rock Follies

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screenwriter

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 Howard Schuman.

Each program was composed of several short films on different cinematic subjects and not necessarily on current releases. Although it never achieved high ratings, Moving Pictures was frequently used to teach film studies

Film studies

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. Interviewed on the set of Pulp Fiction

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, Quentin Tarantino

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 told John Travolta

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 it was the best show about movies on television. Director Mike Figgis

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 credited a film about himself with salvaging his career after it showed the other side of the story regarding the making of his film Mr. Jones

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The series finished in 1996, largely due to the huge cost of paying for film clips.