A Journey Through the History of Cinema.
A Journey Through the History of Cinema. With CaptainT and everybody who wants to accompany him! For a while now I've been wanting to watch more movies from different time periods. Almost all movies I've seen so far have been from this decade and from most decades I haven't even seen more than 10 movies! I think that it's quite clear that I have some catching up to do. ;) I figured that in order to catch up all I needed to do was watch older movies, but there are so many movies that I didn't really know where to start. That's when I came up with the idea of just starting at the total beginning and working my way through every year and that's what my original plan was for this thread. I still didn't really know where exactly to start though. In order to find that out I started watching some videos and reading some things about movie history and I actually really liked that, so instead of just watching and reviewing movies from every year, I'm also planning on learning about the things that are important in the movie history of those years and sharing those in this thread as well. It might get really hard to find out which movies from every year are worth watching, especially not having watched them yet, but luckily, this forum is filled with people who know a lot about movies and from all those people there should be at least one person (There hopefully are a lot more than one :p) who is able to recommend some movies from a certain time period, so I don't think that that will be a problem. I'm really looking forward to watching a lot of new movies, and hopefully, some of you will be able to learn some new things too. We're leaving soon! You better hurry up if you don't want to miss the train! Enjoy your travels! |
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Re: A Journey Through the History of Cinema.
This sounds awesome :up: If you find any interesting reading material make sure to post it here.
Not sure about starting from the beginning you might lose interest that way since as you said you aren't that used to old cinema but if that's what you want to do then go for it. When are you starting? Like the first moving photographs in the 1860's haha. |
Originally Posted by Camo (Post 1876662)
This sounds awesome :up: If you find any interesting reading material make sure to post it here.
Not sure about starting from the beginning you might lose interest that way since as you said you aren't that used to old cinema but if that's what you want to do then go for it. When are you starting? Like the first moving photographs in the 1860's haha. |
Originally Posted by CaptainT (Post 1876678)
I was planning on starting with Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895) and then jumping to A Trip to the Moon (1902). From there on I'm not really sure yet :p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dgLEDdFddk *49 seconds later* WOW, that was awesome i heard the audiences were scared by it in 1895! |
Originally Posted by Camo (Post 1876681)
Let's watch Arrival of a Train together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dgLEDdFddk *49 seconds later* WOW, that was awesome i heard the audiences were scared by it in 1895! If all movies would be 49 seconds this would be a lot easier :laugh: It would probably be a lot less fun though. I heard that too! I don't know if it really is true, but at least it shows how impressive this was at that time. Compared to what they can do today it's a lot less impressive, but hey, how could they know. |
Originally Posted by CaptainT (Post 1876686)
I heard that too! I don't know if it really is true, but at least it shows how impressive this was at that time. Compared to what they can do today it's a lot less impressive, but hey, how could they know.
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The Pre-1920's The first "decade" I'll be going through is everything made before 1920. If anyone has recommendations they'd be very welcome! I'll update the watchlist down below and when I've posted a review of a film I'll change the titles into links to the posts where the review can be found. Watchlist: 1896: - The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, Lumière Brothers 1902: - A Trip to the Moon, Georges Méliès 1903: - The Great Train Robbery, Edwin S. Porter 1906: - The Black Hand, Wallace McCutcheon 1910: - Frankenstein, J. Searle Dawley 1912: - The Cameraman's Revenge, Wladyslaw Starevic - The Musketeers of Pig Alley, D. W. Griffith 1914: - Cabiria, Giovanni Pastrone - Gertie the Dinosaur, Winsor McCay - Amor Pedestre, Marcel Perez 1915: - The Birth of a Nation, D. W. Griffith - Les Vampires, Louis Feuillade - The Cheat, Cecil B. DeMille - Regeneration, Raul Walsh 1916: - Intolerance, D. W. Griffith - Hell's Hinges - Charles Swickard 1917: - The Immigrant, Charlie Chaplin - Easy Street, Charlie Chaplin - A Man There Was, Victor Sjöstrom 1918: - A Dog's Life, Charlie Chaplin - Stella Maris, Marshall Neilan - The Outlaw and his Wife, Victor Sjöstrom 1919: - Broken Blossoms, D. W. Griffith - J'accuse, Abel Gance - Male & Female, Cecil B. DeMille - Blind Husbands, Eric von Strohalm - True Heart Susie, D. W. Griffith |
Originally Posted by CaptainT (Post 1877022)
The Pre-1920's The first "decade" I'll be going through is everything made before 1920. If anyone has recommendations they'd be very welcome! I'll update the watchlist down below and when I've posted a review of a film I'll change the titles into links to the posts where the review can be found. Watchlist: 1896 - The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, Lumière Brothers 1902 - A Trip to the Moon, Georges Méliès 1903 - The Great Train Robbery, Edwin S. Porter 1910 - Frankenstein, J. Searle Dawley 1912 - The Cameramen's Revenge, Wladyslaw Starevic - The Musketeers on Pig Alley, D. W. Griffith 1914 - Cabiria, Giovanni Pastrone - Gertie the Dinosaur, Winsor McCay 1915 - The Birth of a Nation, D. W. Griffith - Les Vampires, Louis Feuillade - The Cheat, Cecil B. DeMille - Regeneration, Raul Walsh 1916 - Intolerance, D. W. Griffith - Hell's Hinges - Charles Swickard 1917 - The Immigrant, Charlie Chaplin - Easy Street, Charlie Chaplin - A Man There Was, Victor Sjöstrom 1918 - A Dog's Life, Charlie Chaplin - Stella Maris, Marshall Neilan - The Outlaw and his Wife, Victor Sjöstrom 1919 - Broken Blossoms, D. W. Griffith - J'accuse, Abel Gance - Male & Female, Cecil B. DeMille - Blind Husbands, Eric von Strohalm Just because I have a penchant for gangster movies, The Black Hand: True Story of a Recent Occurrence in the Italian Quarter of New York (1906) is on youtube for free, and is only ten minutes. |
Originally Posted by Gangland (Post 1877025)
This is a really good list! I'm a big fan of Regeneration.
Just because I have a penchant for gangster movies, The Black Hand: True Story of a Recent Occurrence in the Italian Quarter of New York (1906) is on youtube for free, and is only ten minutes. |
Re: A Journey Through the History of Cinema.
Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) and Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878) are considered the first movies ever made.
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Re: A Journey Through the History of Cinema.
These are my absolute pre-1920s favourites:
1 Duel au pistolet (1896) Louis Lumière 2 Luttes extravagantes [An Extraordinary Wrestling Match] (1899) Georges Méliès 3 Le voyage dans la Lune [A Trip to the Moon] (1902) Georges Méliès 4 Pickpock ne craint pas les entraves [Slippery Jim] (1909) Segundo de Chomón 5 Afgrunden [The Abyss] (1910) Urban Gad 6 Ved Faenglets Port [Temptations of a Great City] (1911) August Blom 7 L' inferno [Dante's Inferno] (1911) Francesco Bertolini / Adolfo Padovan 8 Fantômas (1913) Louis Feuillade 9 Сумерки женской души [Twilight of a Woman's Soul] (1913) Евгений Бауэр [Yevgeni Bauer] 10 Amor pedestre [Pedestrian Love] (1914) Marcel Fabre 11 Hypocrites (1915) Lois Weber 12 Regeneration (1915) Raoul Walsh 13 Les Vampires [The Vampires] (1915) Louis Feuillade 14 После смерти [After Death] (1915) Евгений Бауэр [Yevgeni Bauer] 15 Judex (1916) Louis Feuillade 16 Hævnens nat [Blind Justice] (1916) Benjamin Christensen 17 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) D. W. Griffith 18 Отец Сергий [Father Sergius] (1917) Яков Протазанов [Yakov Protazanov] 19 Умирающий лебедь [The Dying Swan] (1917) Евгений Бауэр [Yevgeni Bauer] 20 Terje Vigen [A Man There Was] (1917) Victor Sjöström 21 Himmelskibet [A Trip to Mars] (1918) Holger-Madsen 22 J'accuse! [I Accuse] (1919) Abel Gance 23 Mod lyset [Towards the Light] (1919) Holger-Madsen 24 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919) D. W. Griffith 25 True Heart Susie (1919) D. W. Griffith 26 The Trail of the Octopus (1919) Duke Worne 27 Die Austernprinzessin [The Oyster Princess] (1919) Ernst Lubitsch |
Originally Posted by Mr Minio (Post 1877034)
These are my absolute pre-1920s favourites:
1 Duel au pistolet (1896) Louis Lumière |
Originally Posted by HashtagBrownies (Post 1877042)
Just watched it there. Why is it your favourite?
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Originally Posted by HashtagBrownies (Post 1877028)
Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) and Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878) are considered the first movies ever made.
Originally Posted by Mr Minio (Post 1877034)
These are my absolute pre-1920s favourites:
1 Duel au pistolet (1896) Louis Lumière 2 Luttes extravagantes [An Extraordinary Wrestling Match] (1899) Georges Méliès 3 Le voyage dans la Lune [A Trip to the Moon] (1902) Georges Méliès 4 Pickpock ne craint pas les entraves [Slippery Jim] (1909) Segundo de Chomón 5 Afgrunden [The Abyss] (1910) Urban Gad 6 Ved Faenglets Port [Temptations of a Great City] (1911) August Blom 7 L' inferno [Dante's Inferno] (1911) Francesco Bertolini / Adolfo Padovan 8 Fantômas (1913) Louis Feuillade 9 Сумерки женской души [Twilight of a Woman's Soul] (1913) Евгений Бауэр [Yevgeni Bauer] 10 Amor pedestre [Pedestrian Love] (1914) Marcel Fabre 11 Hypocrites (1915) Lois Weber 12 Regeneration (1915) Raoul Walsh 13 Les Vampires [The Vampires] (1915) Louis Feuillade 14 После смерти [After Death] (1915) Евгений Бауэр [Yevgeni Bauer] 15 Judex (1916) Louis Feuillade 16 Hævnens nat [Blind Justice] (1916) Benjamin Christensen 17 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) D. W. Griffith 18 Отец Сергий [Father Sergius] (1917) Яков Протазанов [Yakov Protazanov] 19 Умирающий лебедь [The Dying Swan] (1917) Евгений Бауэр [Yevgeni Bauer] 20 Terje Vigen [A Man There Was] (1917) Victor Sjöström 21 Himmelskibet [A Trip to Mars] (1918) Holger-Madsen 22 J'accuse! [I Accuse] (1919) Abel Gance 23 Mod lyset [Towards the Light] (1919) Holger-Madsen 24 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919) D. W. Griffith 25 True Heart Susie (1919) D. W. Griffith 26 The Trail of the Octopus (1919) Duke Worne 27 Die Austernprinzessin [The Oyster Princess] (1919) Ernst Lubitsch |
Re: A Journey Through the History of Cinema.
Okay, but just for clarifiation, my list is chronological.
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Re: A Journey Through the History of Cinema.
Originally Posted by Mr Minio (Post 1877276)
Okay, but just for clarifiation, my list is chronological.
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Re: A Journey Through the History of Cinema.
Don't obligate yourself to constantly keep watching films from the same time period. I don't think that's a great way to explore cinema. In my opinion, it's better to alternate. Make a list of 200 or 300 important/promising films that you want to watch from every period and that way you'll be able to wach films according to your mood, which is much more pleasant. It will make you enjoy everything a lot more!
It's good to force yourself at times to start watching something from a time period that you're less familiar with, though. So if you have a strong enough character to do it in the way you describe here, I'll definitely follow your thread. Good luck! |
Re: A Journey Through the History of Cinema.
This looks like a great project and I would love to read any of the great articles you stumble upon but agree with Cobpyth's advice for you.Anyway, go for it. :up:
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Here is one you forgot that is older than the first you posted - La Charcuterie mécanique Freres Lumiere 1895
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlcCk6fHkA I love old cinema like this. I can sit around and watch for hours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQeIRLxaM4 1895, Lumiere, Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory (1895) |
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