do you watch movies from 19th century

[atsizat66]

The time between 1895 and 1900. The one I liked was from georges Méliès, a movie about astronomy from 1898 and there is one I like too from 1899,
A lot of things disappear and appear in front of one person in somewhere like house. It lasts for 6 mins, its I guess the most improved movie of 19th century. One of them that I said I liked is this, the one from 1898 ,http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RyEiEaAhDzk

 

[atsizat66]

And the other one I said from 1899, http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cPXCikaTd38

 

[lxskllr]

Sometimes, but I prefer films later in the silent period.

 

[DigDog]

the earliest film i have enjoyed is Metropolis from (off the top of my head) 1929. even that is somewhat hard to digest, and many other films from that era are too demanding for me.

i do love 1950~60s b&w though.

 

[atsizat66]

the earliest film i have enjoyed is Metropolis from (off the top of my head) 1929. even that is somewhat hard to digest, and many other films from that era are too demanding for me.

i do love 1950~60s b&w though.

Since I have interest in historic things, I like to watch very earliest films but my best period is 1960s. Pyscho, the good the bad the ugly, once upon a time in the west, Goldfinger, On her Majesty's secret service, For a few dollars more, Birds. Iike those movies of 1960s.

 

[lxskllr]

Since I have interest in historic things, I like to watch very earliest films...

That's what I like about early film. It's not so much for it's 'artistic vision', as it is marveling over early technique, and seeing what things looked like.

Otherwise, I'm not much into film. Ones I enjoy watching span the whole range of the industry, but aren't many in count.

 

[manimal]

loved early french cinema in film school. A french guy was the first to pre lap sound. The first to make a montage and set a movie to music. The list goes on. So much of what we see in film was pioneered by weird french guys with expensive toys.


La Sortie de l’Usine Lumière à
Lyon
was a really early actualities that brought film onto the big screen for the first time.

Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station was a huge sucess because it made the audience for the first time feel like the train was actually gonna come out of the screen at them. People threw up in the aisles.


Now film has gone complete full circle. Truffaut once said that film would never be a mainstream art till it becomes accessible to the masses. Now everyone can film vertical video.....