Movie of the Month - Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (April 2018)

Movie of the Month - Sallie Gardner at a Gallop

April 2018

Decided to analyze a classic this time: the seminal 1878 film Sallie Gardner at a Gallop.


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What do you guys think?

The film's actually online, if you want to watch it! Here it is:

To be honest, I think the acting in Sallie Gardner at a Gallop, or 'Horse in Motion' as the title I personally prefer, is really bad. The actor looks at the camera, and that's just acting 101. And the plot is so linear I fell asleep half way through.

This post puts this whole thing over the top. Bravo.

this is the movie that got me in to movies. if you're looking for a Great Film, you can't do any better than sallie gardner at a gallop, baby

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This movie is way better:

It took me 90 seconds into the podcast to realize this was the April Fools joke.

Please God get rid of me...

Ha! I'm glad this was a joke...because I fell for it at first and thought to myself: 'good grief what a boring movie, I guess I'll have to do a podcast so I can pick a better movie'

well done

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I give it and that includes its "cinematic" significance - would have worked better as a flip book even if I can't use those anymore. Still, it blows The Master outta the water.

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Honestly though, if you think about it through the mindset of the guy who originally captured these images... it was like magic. You go back and watch stuff from George Méliès, etc., and it's impressive to see what they could do with their limited resources and materials. I love watching films from earlier time periods because it's the next best thing to travelling in a time machine. (Better, really.)

Didn't realize you guys did an actual cast, hilarious. My actual laugh out loud moment was when Slappy said, "this is an older film".

That was Slappy? Huh... he sounds cool.

He does them all with Yoda now. You should check them out.

One frame is boring.

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She wasn't attractive on one pic.