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Friday, 25 March 2011

A Criminally Overlooked Masterpiece - 1911 - L'Inferno - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan & Giuseppe de Liguoro

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L’Inferno is one of the most ambitious films ever made. It was the first ever Italian feature film, took over three years to make, involv...
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Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Film's first melodrama - 1911 - Swords and Hearts - D.W. Griffith

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One of the great pleasures of watching cinema’s rich history in chronological order is the ability to witness a great director’s artistic...
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Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Film's first detective film - 1911 - Le trust, ou les batailles de l’argent - The Trust, or The Battles for Money - Louis Feuillade

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Too often, there are works of art that fade into obscurity which deserve far greater recognition. Several months ago, when Film: Ab Initio...
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Monday, 8 November 2010

Animation Comes Alive - 1911 - Little Nemo - J. Stuart Blackton & Winsor McCay

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            Little Nemo functions as a promotional vehicle for the multi-talented Winsor McCay; in fact, the film's alternate title i...
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Sunday, 7 November 2010

Film's first postmodern film - 1910 - Les Débuts de Max au Cinématographe - Max Linder's Debut As a Cinematograph Artist - Max Linder & Louis J. Gasnier

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Much has been made of the recent ‘discovery’ of a supposed time-traveller in the footage of the premiere of Chaplin's 1928 film the C...
Saturday, 6 November 2010

Film's first American Civil War film - 1910 - The House with Closed Shutters - D.W. Griffith

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             One of the unique characteristics of the great directors of the early silent era is the sheer breadth of material that their...
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Friday, 5 November 2010

Film's first great horror film - 1910 - Frankenstein - J. Searle Dawley

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             Unlike many of film’s early adaptations of literary works, the first cinematic adaptation of Frankenstein is the equal of it...
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