Mark: You might want to look at Tom Gunning's essay "An Unseen Energy Swallows Space: The Space of Early Film and its Relationship to American Avant-Garde Film". It's included in John Fell's anthology *Film Before Griffith*. jl
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Rob Gawthrop <r...@robgawthrop.co.uk> wrote: > Mark > > Apart from obvious Méliès & Zecca … some regressive historians have > considered early films (sometimes insultingly described as primitive) based > mainly on formal achievement ( the first close-up, edit etc.) or precursors > of hollywood narrative (point of view, establishing shots etc.) and have > dismissed other aspects as being just amusing ‘trick films’. > > The following favourites (often mentioned in the above context) have both > perceptual and conceptual content that relate to concerns in some > structural films, indeed some film artists (myself included) have remade > or recontextualised such films from this period. > > James Williamson: The Big Swallow 1901 > : An Interesting Story 1904 > George Albert Smith: The Miller & The Sweep 1898 (& much copied) > Cecil Hepworth: How it Feels to be Run Over 1900 > Edwin S Porter: The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend 1906 > > Rob > > On 13 Dec 2017, at 16:27, Mark Street <mstreet...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey All, > > > > Preparing a brief talk on The Experimental Impulse in Early Cinema.... > thinking about how it ALL was that way by definition early on; an inventory > of tricks, effusions, failed and successful experiments. > > > > Any favorites anyone can recommend? > > > > Mark > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > FrameWorks mailing list > > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > -- Jesse Lerner 593 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 USA tel./fax: (213) 413-1333 www.americanegypt.net
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