When I picked up Once Upon a Time in America I had no idea what it was about and certainly no idea how long it was. I put off starting the film for a few days and then settled in. The film is set between the 1920's to the 1960's and follows the life of David
Vertov's Man With a Movie Camera captures a day in the life of the Russian proletariat in 1920's Soviet Union. The quick sequences and endless jump cuts depict several soviet union cities, including: Odessa, Kharkov and Kiev.1 The structure is experimental for its time by incorporating a wide range of shots and avant-garde film techniques
Continue reading ➞ Man With a Movie Camera (Человек с кино-аппаратом) (1929)
The Founder follows Ray Kroc, played by Michael Keaton, as he transitions from a milk shake maker salesman to 'founding' the biggest name in fast food. His duplicitous behavior helped bring him riches beyond his wildest imagination, but at the cost of both business and personal relationships. The director, John Lee Hancock, straddles the benevolent
I'm not bad I just did something stupid. Babel is an immersive story sending us on a trip to Morocco, Japan, Mexico, and The United States. The plot follows four main story lines that are all linked by a .270 Winchester M70 rifle. A husband and wife, played by Pitt and Blanchett, on vacation in Morocco,
The short answer for the question, "What is the first movie?", depends on your definition of a movie. Are you looking for the earliest projected image? Then the answer would be images that were projected through Magic Lanterns, a centuries old device comprised of a light source and glass. The first projection using film would
