What is the OLDEST movie you've ever seen?
01-21-05, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Corvin
As long as we're talking about old(er) movies, and seeing as how some people have mentioned Man with a Movie Camera, has anyone seen the film with the Cinematic Orchestra score? I personally thought it was awesome.
01-21-05, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
I would've liked to say Intolerance, but good ol' Birth of a Nation beats it by a year.
01-26-05, 10:53 AM
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It would probably be all of the Chaplin Essanay stuff from 1914-1915...but I do watch a lot of the Silent Sunday films on TCM on Sundays, and don't usually pay much attention to the dates - so there could be something earlier.
01-26-05, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by jdpatri
Ahhh!! Film Theory class flashback. Ahhhh!!!
So, obviously, another film school nerd here as well.
Edison Shorts:
Men Boxing - 1893
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze - 1894
Annabelle Butterfly Dance - 1894
Annabelle Serpentine Dance - 1895?
The Kiss - 1896
So, obviously, another film school nerd here as well.
Edison Shorts:
Men Boxing - 1893
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze - 1894
Annabelle Butterfly Dance - 1894
Annabelle Serpentine Dance - 1895?
The Kiss - 1896
01-26-05, 12:52 PM
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In terms of narrative, probably The Great Train Robbery, though I have seen some older films consisting of single shots from the Edison days.
Depends on your definition of a movie.
Depends on your definition of a movie.
02-24-05, 12:31 PM
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Updating my oldest movie...
I have the new Edison collection and I have now seen Monkeyshines No. 1 filmed in 1890 (though some claim it was made in 1889).
I have the new Edison collection and I have now seen Monkeyshines No. 1 filmed in 1890 (though some claim it was made in 1889).
02-24-05, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Groucho
I've only seen one movie made before I was born: The Matrix. It's pretty funny to watch it now, the SFX are so quaint and outdated.
02-24-05, 05:08 PM
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Birth of a Nation as well. The first film that had come to mind was Metropolis, but after reading through the thread I remembered I also saw 'Birth' in college, though it was for a history class about the American South and not a film class.
02-24-05, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by natevines
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0361921/
Oldest on imdb
Oldest on imdb
Now all of you can change your posts to say that the oldest film you've seen is "Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge" from 1888 (which predates "Monkeyshines, No. 1" by two years). If memory serves, it's the oldest surviving film. http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0343112/
Oldest film I've seen with a narrative structure is probably "Hot Water" (1924, Harold Lloyd). Funny stuff, too. Oh, and obviously...no film-schooling for me.
-JP
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10-16-05, 02:11 PM
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Here is a looping version of that clip"
I'm just amazed at that, seriously. To be able to see people and things from 120 years a go, in a type of video form, it just mind blowing to me.
I'm just amazed at that, seriously. To be able to see people and things from 120 years a go, in a type of video form, it just mind blowing to me.
10-16-05, 02:21 PM
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Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)
This, and the .gif posted on above post is the two earliest moving image known, made by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince.
This, and the .gif posted on above post is the two earliest moving image known, made by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince.
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10-18-05, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Sierra Disc
I think with "Birth" there's still a lot of stigma around the racial content.
Oldest film I own is probably All Quiet on the Western Front.
10-19-05, 01:06 PM
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Well i remember seeing on English television about 15 years ago the first ever moving film footage. It was of the Leeds bridge, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England and done by Louis le Prince . I believe that the date was 1888. You can check it on IMDB as well.
Coming from Leeds myself i have great pride in this fact. Actually i lived very very close (and my parents still do) to where the film from Roundhay was done. I lived in the Oakwood area of the city as well.
Coming from Leeds myself i have great pride in this fact. Actually i lived very very close (and my parents still do) to where the film from Roundhay was done. I lived in the Oakwood area of the city as well.
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