Cinematic Omniverse

097 - Film on Film Part 1 of 4


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Scott and Marty go back -- WAYYY BACK -- to the nudists, clock goblins, and rarebit fiends of silent cinema -- as they launch an unprecedented FOUR PART series on how FILM SEES ITSELF! It's so exciting, it requires ALL CAPS and LOTS of exclamation points!!!

Covered this week (Holy Monkeyshines!):

  • Meta-movies of the 19th century at 4:00
  • A Trip to the Moon (1902, Dir. George Méliès) at 30:09
  • The Great Train Robbery (1903, Dir. Edwin S. Porter) at 39:21
  • Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906, Dir. Edwin S. Porter) at 50:56
  • Behind the Screen (1916, Dir. Charles Chaplin) at 55:34
  • The Extra Girl (1923, Dir. F. Richard Jones) at 1:05:16
  • Movie Crazy (1932, Dir. Clyde Bruckman and Harold Lloyd) at 1:14:51

All this, plus Continuity Boulevard (at 1:29:52) and the illustrious Lightning Round (at 1:35:15). Whew!


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Cinematic OmniverseBy Slack and Slash