Mark
Apart from obvious Méliès & Zecca … some regressive historians have
considered early films (sometimes insultingly described as primitive) based
mainly on formal achievement ( the first close-up, edit etc.) or precursors of
hollywood narrative (point of view, establishing shots etc.) and have dismissed
other aspects as being just amusing ‘trick films’.
The following favourites (often mentioned in the above context) have both
perceptual and conceptual content that relate to concerns in some structural
films, indeed some film artists (myself included) have remade or
recontextualised such films from this period.
James Williamson: The Big Swallow 1901
: An Interesting Story 1904
George Albert Smith: The Miller & The Sweep 1898 (& much copied)
Cecil Hepworth: How it Feels to be Run Over 1900
Edwin S Porter: The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend 1906
Rob
On 13 Dec 2017, at 16:27, Mark Street <mstreet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> Preparing a brief talk on The Experimental Impulse in Early Cinema....
> thinking about how it ALL was that way by definition early on; an inventory
> of tricks, effusions, failed and successful experiments.
>
> Any favorites anyone can recommend?
>
> Mark
>
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