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...to anyone interested in film history and yet it's not so academic that it can't be appreciated by the casual moviegoer. There are two documentaries here one dealing with the development of sound, the other with the development of color. Both were made in France a few years back and are just now making their way here. Rather than use subtitles they utilize voiceovers when necessary which makes them more accessible to most people.
The remarkable thing about both documentaries is the wealth of rare material used in both. Even an experienced film buff is likely to find something here that they've never encountered before and the excellent condition of the clips is absolutely breathtaking. It's also fascinating to see where most of these developments came about (France for sound and England for color) and just how many different experiments there were. In addition to the docs there is a wealth of bonus material including 1908 recordings of Enrico Caruso mimed by an actor, the first true Technicolor short LA CUCARACHA from 1934, a 1927 interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and color footage of the Marx Brothers from 1930. The total running time for this set is 267 minutes so you more than get your money's worth. Another winner from the folks at Flicker Alley.
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Two historic documentaries illustrating the birth of sound and color cinema, perhaps the greatest cultural achievement of the twentieth century!
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Discovering Cinema is a 2-disc DVD set comprised of Learning to Talk and Movies Dream in Color, produced by Lobster Films/Histoire, 2003-2004. Film historians Eric Lange and Serge Bromberg compiled materials from their own Lobster Films collection and material from archives throughout Europe and the USA to create these two historic documentaries illustrating the birth of sound and color cinema, perhaps the greatest cultural achievement of the twentieth century.
Told from a European perspective, American viewers of these documentaries will be surprised by moving footage of Emile Reynaud's pre-cinema animation "Pantomimes Lumineuse"; the gadget-packed Allefex machine for live sync sound effects; Gaumont's 1905 Chronophone sound film system, using a compressed-air amplifier and their Chronochrome three-color systems;
additional unique examples of the Kodacolor lenticular color system, Kinemacolor, an additive system using filters; and NotoFilm in which notes of the intended musical accompaniment streams across the bottom of the silent screen.
Special Features Include:
- La Cucaracha (1934) - One of the first live action films to use the three-strip Technicolor process
- Lucia Di Lammermoor (1908) & La Donna e Mobile (1908)
- 1927 Optical Sound Newsreel - Featuring an interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Collegians: Flying High (1929) - Example of a "part-talkie" as an episode of the silent serial
- Hand-Painted Films by The Lumière Brothers - From the end of the nineteenth century.
- Paris Fashions (1926) - A vintage stenciled-colored Paris fashion review from the mid-1920s.
- Wonderland of California (1930) - Featuring unique color images of the Marx Brothers.
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