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1 janv. 1991 · Musser takes us into the long-forgotten world of early cinema--unexpectedly sophisticated and yet radically different from current movie-making. Focusing on Edwin S. Porter, most often remembered as the producer of The Great Train Robbery, Musser situates Porter's achievements within the vibrant context of turn-of-the-century popular culture and the commercial pragmatics of the Edison ...
14 mai 1991 · He went on to produce and direct the prize-winning An American Potter (1976) and Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982), which premiered at the New York Film Festival. He taught the first university-level course devoted to filmmaker Errol Morris and went on to make a feature-length documentary portrait: Errol Morris: A Lightning Sketch (with Carina Tautu, 2012). His ...
- Charles Musser
(Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter, 1982) – quickly emerged. I presented my initial findings in January 1977 at the American Seminar on Film at New York University, where my advocacy for the Library of Congress version created a modest uproar. Jay Leyda was worried that I would be blackballed by the
This documentary is produced by one of the world’s foremost authorities and biographers of Edwin S. Porter. Since little is known of Porter’s personal life, the emphasis here is on his technique and contributions to the art of the cinema.
The authorities and biographers of Edwin S. Porter, emphasizing his technique and contributions to the art of the cinema. A documentary on the origins of the American cinema; Porter's work is ...
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While the film is a bit dry and offers little in the way of revealing Porter the person, it is a very nice chronology of early film including discussing both changes in technique and methods of exhibition. Edwin S. Porter started his career in film after leaving the Navy in 1896. He was a traveling projectionist, taking a set of films on the ...
Charles Musse's "Before the Nickelodeon" is a well-researched, informative documentary on Edwin S. Porter's contribution to cinema during the formative years 1896-1909. Including a compilation of Porter's own early films, picture amplifies and illustrates beyond any written essay on the subject and will have a useful impact in educational and non-theatrical media.
