Matthew Blanchette steered me to an even earlier surviving film from Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince than the one I've previously mentioned, Roundhay Garden Scene. This one is called Man Walking Around A Corner and it dates from 1887 or 1888. Thanks, Matthew! It was shot on an earlier version of Le Prince's camera, this one with sixteen separate lenses. Looks more like a spider's eye than a camera, don't you think?I've added this note as a postscript to my original essay, but what are the chances you comb through old blog posts looking for updates, right?
Anyway, here's the film. Oh, and check out Matthew's blog, A Day In The Life, while you're at it.
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Happy New Years !
Thanks, Max. And a Happy New Year to you, too. Keep up the evil good work!
so you're saying "I saw a film today...oh boy"
Yeah, I saw about ten films today, oh boy ...
Thanks for the mention, Mythical Monkey! I really wasn't expecting it. :-)
Glad I could help provide a little more information...
We here at the Monkey like to give credit where credit is due -- thanks, Matthew!
well it is called "A Day in the Life"
Quite welcome, Monkey... :-)
About Musidora, the Tenth Muse, the complete "Les Vampires" (with, as I recall, annoying tinting and score)was reisuued in 1998:
Les Vampires (1915-1916)
a film directed by Louis Feuillade
on four videocassettes pages, $99.95
published by Waterbearer Films
on laser disc pages, $124.99
published by Image Entertainment
from Laura Leivick, who loves monkeys
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