Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The movies begin [videorecording] : a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1913 / Kino International ; [produced by] Film Preservation Associates and The British Film Institute ; produced for video by David Shepard.

Publisher, Date:

New York, NY : Kino on Video, 2002.

Description:

5 videodiscs (414 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this collection of the cinema's formative works. More than crucial historical artifacts, these films reveal the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise.

Subjects:

Silent films -- History and criticism.

Motion pictures -- History.

Motion picture industry -- History.

Other Author:

Shepard, David.

Film Preservation Associates.

British Film Institute.

Kino International Corporation.

Other Title:

Treasury of early cinema, 1894-1913.

Great train robbery and other primary works.

European pioneers.

Experimentation and discovery.

Cinema magic of George Melies.

Magic of George Méliès.

Magic of Méliès.

Comedy, spectacle, and new horizons.

Notes:

DVD release of the 1994 Kino International Corp.

Special features: text (program notes) by Charles Musser ; film access.

Music compiled and composed by Robert Israel (v. 1 & 5) ; music composed and performed by Alexander Rannie (v. 4) ; music by Neil Brand (v. 2 & 3).

DVD.

Silent film with music sound track.

Contents:

v. 1. The great train robbery and other primary works (75 min.) -- v. 2. The European pioneers (58 min.) -- v. 3. Experimentation and discovery (93 min.) -- v. 4. The magic of Melies (103 min.) -- v. 5. Comedy, spectacle, and new horizons (85 min.).

Publisher Number:

K236A--K236E

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

132086

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 791.4309 Movies b

Medium:

[videorecording]