Cahiers du Chats du Cinéma
The world’s oldest surviving film — all 2.11 seconds of it — was shot in 1888.
Within five years, Thomas Edison built the world’s first movie studio.
It took only a year after that to film the world’s first cat video.
[via The Atlantic]
Bonus movie fact, one that seems particularly relevant as the major studios continue to insist that everything should bend to protect their “property” – it only took till 1910 for production companies to flee to the west coast to escape Edison’s licensing fees for cameras.
The week after saw the shooting of the first porn: Milady’s Naughty Chauffeur.
@Benedick: beat me to it …
Everyone should go see Hugo.
@Dodgerblue: Really? I found it slightly dull.
@Tommmcatt Be Fat, And That Be That: Well, I knew something of Melies’ work, and had no idea that the movie would go in that direction. I was thrilled.
@Dodgerblue: I was expecting more of a children’s film, I think.
I don’t like this.
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