/film/ - Film

Metropolis.
I've seen lots of old silent films that I enjoyed, but Metropolis really didn't age well, which disappoints me because the concept was so amazing

Oldest short - Newark Athlete (1891)
Oldest narrative short - L'arroseur arrosé (1895)
Oldest feature (longer than an hour) - Birth of a Nation (1915)

I watched those shorts primarily for historical purposes. I've seen some Melies as well – fantastic!

Birth of a Nation is interesting but kind of a slog at times. Still I think one hundred years ago film started turning a corner to greatly improve.

>>4094

how do I into /historyfilm/ ¿

what do you learn from watching such films ?

>>4098
Some are listed here. Sort by Year of Release. Most are on youtube and are very brief.

http://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/

I don't have any deep thoughts on these antique fragments of film but it is interesting to witness how people dressed and behaved, how cities actually looked in the 1890s. It is much different than reading a history book.
It's also interesting to see the technical aspects of the birth of film.

>>4102
with added foley

Get on my level.

The cabinet of Dr. Calgari (1920)
It was a good experience watching it, not the greatest movie, but an interesting watch none the less. Some points I actually found gave me the spooks, namely when we first see Cesar, plus a good twist ending

>>4142
>good ending
Nigger are you serious? The ending completely undermines the whole point of the film

>>4158
Who you calling nigger, nigger?
I disagree, I haven't seen it for a while now but from memory it handled it all quite well, albeit quite abruptly. I remember being told the ending and opening were added due to the films implications on the German government brainwashing its people during WW1, I really meant it was a good ending in the sense that Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer were still able to convey their feelings about Government during war whilst being pressured by the government to cahnge it and not sacrificing the films integrity, plus it had never been done before… that I'm aware of