What is the OLDEST movie you've ever seen?
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What is the OLDEST movie you've ever seen?
In talking with someone recently who said he'd never seen a black and white movie (!), I wondered what most people's typical movie experience is like. Now that there's a century or more of movie history, how far back do most people go? Obviously this board isn't typical, but what is the OLDEST movie you can remember seeing in its entirety? Off the top of your head, be honest!
Mine as far as I can figure is 1922's "Nostferatu," which is exceedingly creepy still. Can't think of anything before that I've seen.
Everyone else?
Mine as far as I can figure is 1922's "Nostferatu," which is exceedingly creepy still. Can't think of anything before that I've seen.
Everyone else?
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The oldest film I saw was probably Le Voyage dans la lun, aka A Trip to the Moon (1902). Saw it in a history of cinema class ages ago. We saw a lot of early pioneering silent works.
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Originally Posted by Sierra Disc
In talking with someone recently who said he'd never seen a black and white movie (!), I wondered what most people's typical movie experience is like. Now that there's a century or more of movie history, how far back do most people go? Obviously this board isn't typical, but what is the OLDEST movie you can remember seeing in its entirety? Off the top of your head, be honest!
Mine as far as I can figure is 1922's "Nostferatu," which is exceedingly creepy still. Can't think of anything before that I've seen.
Everyone else?
Mine as far as I can figure is 1922's "Nostferatu," which is exceedingly creepy still. Can't think of anything before that I've seen.
Everyone else?
I've seen some older shorts, though - some of them are from WWI era and the construction of the Panama canal.
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Many films from the 1890s and early 1900s (including hundreds from the Edison Co.) are available on the Library of Congress website.
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I would've liked to say Intolerance, but good ol' Birth of a Nation beats it by a year.
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I would've liked to say Intolerance, but good ol' Birth of a Nation beats it by a year.
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I think with "Birth" there's still a lot of stigma around the racial content. Actually they wanted to show it back in my college intro to film class and there was a huge protest about that, and they ended up deciding not to. I think we watched "excerpts" instead.
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Originally Posted by Eplicon
The oldest film I saw was probably Le Voyage dans la lun, aka A Trip to the Moon (1902). Saw it in a history of cinema class ages ago. We saw a lot of early pioneering silent works.
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Originally Posted by Sierra Disc
I think with "Birth" there's still a lot of stigma around the racial content. Actually they wanted to show it back in my college intro to film class and there was a huge protest about that, and they ended up deciding not to. I think we watched "excerpts" instead.
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Nostferatu