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A magnificent collection for anyone interested in the earliest days of film history, this compilation of films spans the years from 1886 to 1913, from the first experiments in "serial photography" to the emergence of narrative shorts and the dawn of the feature-length film. It's a veritable archive of nearly every important film from the birth of the medium, including Edison Kinestoscope films (1894-96), films by the brothers Lumière (1895-97), the magical movies of French special effects pioneer Georges Méliès, documentary "actualities" from 1897 to 1910, and selected short films from 1903 to 1913. The two-hour collection offers a fascinating study of how motion pictures quickly developed a variety of applications and a means of artistic and practical expression, with their own emerging language of camera style, editing, and cinematography. Watching these films is like stepping into a time machine to witness the infancy of motion pictures, which would rapidly evolve to become the most powerful medium of the 20th century prior to the development of television. --Jeff Shannon
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In celebration of the centennial of the birth of cinema, "Landmarks of Early Film" offers a collection of more than 40 films made in the early days of the medium. All films are mastered at correct speeds from excellent source material with new musical scores. Features a hand-colored copy of "The Great Train Robbery" from 1903, and "A Trip To The Moon" by George Melies with its original 1902 narration restored.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
hugely entertaining collection,
By Musicalia "dimplehobbit" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Landmarks in Early Film (DVD)
I only have one problem with this disc, really - the lack of credits within the notes; without other sources telling you would you know who was responsible for 'Nero, or the Fall of Rome' or who the stars of 'The Girl and Her Trust' were? A minor point with a collection like this, but a definite niggle.Still - what we have here is a fabulous 2-hour collection. I think only one hiccup in the descriptions has been identified elsewhere (The film billed as 'The Whole Dam Family and The Dam Dog' is actually 'I B Dam and the Whole Dam Family', its remake, but the original title certainly suits this charming little vignette) and this is a rich selection ranging from the earliest attempts by Edison and the Lumieres to capture events and people on film, to more sophisticated stories by Edwin S Porter, Georges Melies, DW Griffith, and others. There's a lot to see and admire here, and I didn't spot one dud amongst the whole collection. There's so much more that has survived from this era in early film and surely it is time to make more examples widely available?
5.0 out of 5 stars
An amazing collection,
By A Customer
This review is from: Landmarks in Early Film (DVD)
For cinephiles, or anyone interested in the history of film, this is an unbelievable collection. In addition to their interest for understanding the development of film "language", it is striking how many of these films I also found tremendously entertaining in their own right. It's really quite amazing to think how, within one or two decades of the introduction of the medium, people like Melier and Griffith had figured out how to use it to tell stories and entertain us in ways that can still be enjoyed almost 100 years later. That first twenty or so years was a wild ride, though, with a lot of amazing innovations happening as to how to use the new medium, and this collection captures that wonderfully.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful DVD!,
By "mpigott321" (Jackson, MS United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Landmarks in Early Film (DVD)
This is the definitive collection of historically important early silent film archives. This DVD, put out by Image, contains a vast amount of silent shorts, including "The Great Train Robbery," and the first ever animated caroon, "Funny Faces". Some of these shorts are meticulously hand-colored, for instance, the red smoke from just about every gun shot in the sixteen minute, "The Great Train Robbery". There is piano accompianiment that accompanies all of these films, so they aren't really silent. The musical cues of the piano track to the films are perfectly accurate. All in all, Image Entertainment has done a great job with this one. Also check out Landmarks, Vol. 2, and Nosferatu, both silent movie DVDs put out by Image.
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