Vloggers from the 1900’s
Published by Steve Garfield on 15 Dec 2005 at 10:53 am.
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DVD review: ‘Unseen Cinema’ - Yahoo! News:
“Old weird Americana takes a bow in the sprawling and richly rewarding DVD set “Unseen Cinema.”
Running almost 20 hours, the collection provides ample evidence that bold, experimental filmmaking thrived in the early days of moving pictures — decades before the avant-garde torch-bearer “Un Chien Andalou” seared its way onto screens in 1929.
“Unseen” curator Bruce Posner says his goal was to “provide the broadest possible spectrum of experimental films produced between the 1890s and 1940s” — roughly the period from Thomas Edison to WWII. And so we have everything from home movies to lavish production numbers, wispy dance performances to strident union propaganda, gothic horror to languid studies of life on a farm.”
It’s interesting that they’ve collected 20 hours of experimental films from beween 1890 and 1940 into a DVD set.
We’re producing experimental films right now, online. Future generations will be able to look back at what our lives are like. I feel like we are kindred spirits with those who have gone before.
