1927: Metropolis - How Cinema Changed the Way We See the Future One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-09-21 | In 1927 Fritz Lang released Metropolis, one of the most influential films in cinema history.Although it wasn't the first science fiction film, it changed the visual codes which film makers use to tell us about the future.For many years much of Metropolis was thought to be a lost film. before the film was archived it was cut down to around 91 minutes, and it would remain that way until an almost complete version of the film would be found in an archive in Argentina in 2008.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!Like. Comment. Subscribe. Follow me on twitter twitter.com/100yearscinemaBuy Metropolis on DVD: http://amzn.to/2kt6ag1Watch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2kvcHqGBuy on Blu-ray: http://amzn.to/2kv9HdM
1948: Hamlet and Macbeth - How to adapt shakespeare One Hundred Years of Cinema 2020-12-06 | Shakespeare is the most adapted writer of all time. From classic adaptations to westerns, musicals and even science fiction, his work is all over cinema. But, how should filmmakers go about taking a stage performance and putting it on the screen? Should they stick to the text or should they adapt the material for a new medium? Both released in 1948, Orson Welles' Macbeth and Laurence Olivier's Hamlet are two of the finest examples of Shakespearian adaptations. Their varying approach highlights the different ways that Shakespeare can be brought the screen. This video takes a look at the history of Shakesperian films, all the way from 1988 with King John, to the modern-day, trying to understand the different approaches to the plays and what they can tell us about the relationship between stage and screenThanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinema
1947: Black Narcissus - Truth, Beauty, and the Partnership of Powell and Pressburger One Hundred Years of Cinema 2020-08-31 | The first 1000 people who click the link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/onehundredyearsofcinema0820Check out the first two episodes of The Red Basement here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinema Powell and Pressburger are one of the most incredible partnerships in all of film history, putting out such classics as The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death, and One of Our Aircraft is Missing.Their darkest (and perhaps their best) film, Black Narcissus, is a sprawling and beautiful epic that tells the story of a group of nuns who set up a hospital and school in the deep Himalayas. This video explores the partnership of Powell and Pressburger, their obsessions and reoccurring themes, and how Black Narcissus deals with colonialism, war, the role of women and the deep sexual repression of 1940's England.This video was sponsored by SkillshareThanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinema
1946: La Belle et La Bete - The Cinema is Magic One Hundred Years of Cinema 2020-07-13 | La Belle et La Bete (1946) was the first live-action was the first live-action film based on the classic story, and it still stands today as one of the richest, most opulent films ever made. Jean Cocteau embued his film with a deep sense of the magic and in doing so he revealed some truths about humanity.This video explores how Cocteau used magic in his film and what it says about mankind as a whole.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinema
1945: Rome Open City - How Neo-Realism Shows You The World One Hundred Years of Cinema 2020-03-24 | Get a 30 day free trial of MUBI by visiting: mubi.com/100years. MUBI is supported by Creative Europe – a MEDIA Programme of the European UnionMartin Scorsese once called Italian Neo-realism “The most precious moment in film history”. Born from the war-torn ruins of Post WWII Italy, Italian neorealism, the movement spawned some of the greatest films ever made, The Bicycle Thieves, Umberto D, and of course, Rome Open City. This video takes a look at Roberto Rossellini 1945 masterpiece Rome Open City and how it influenced Italian Neo-Realism. Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinema
A Short History of the Zombie Film One Hundred Years of Cinema 2019-11-20 | Get a 30 day free trial of MUBI by visiting: mubi.com/100years. MUBI is supported by Creative Europe – a MEDIA Programme of the European UnionZombie! Zombies! Zombies! Zombies are everywhere in our culture, in film and television, in video games, in books and comics, in boardgames. Since making their film debut stories of the undead returning to life have fascinated audiences since 1931 with White Zombie and since then they have featured in some of the most beloved films. I Walked with a Zombie, Night of the living dead, Return of the living dead, Shaun of the Dead and 28 days later to name a few.This video tracks the history of the zombie film since it's inception, though the high points of the zombie film in the '50s and again the 70's and 80's, right through to the present day. It looks at the cultural influences of the zombie menace from magic, radiation and the spread of disease.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinema
1944: Double Indemnity - The Definitive Film Noir? One Hundred Years of Cinema 2019-06-07 | Get a 30 day free trial of MUBI by visiting: mubi.com/100yearsMUBI is supported by Creative Europe – a MEDIA Programme of the European UnionFilm Noir is one of the most distinctive genres in all of cinema, but paradoxically it's hard to pin down exactly what Noir is. This trend that emerged in the early 1940s to reflects the fear, confusion and of a decade at war. This essay explores exactly what Noir is, by looking at one of the most important films in the genre, Double Indemnity, and tries to pin down its defining elements, the femme fatale, the anti-hero, the Dutch angles and shadows.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinema
1943: Batman the Serial - What the Evolution of Batman Movies Tell Us About the World One Hundred Years of Cinema 2019-04-26 | Get a 30 day free trial of MUBI by visiting: mubi.com/100yearsMUBI is supported by Creative Europe – a MEDIA Programme of the European UnionBatman has been fighting crime for over 75 years and as one of the most popular comic-book characters in that time, he has been seen in comic books, novels, cartoons, video games, a TV show and 10 feature films. Each one of these appearances tells us something about the time in which it was created, so let's take a look at Batman's first film appearance in a 1943 film serial and follow his career through the 1966 TV show and movie, The Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher franchise and Christopher Noland's Dark Knight Trilogy to see what Batman can tell us about the world around him.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinema
1942: Casablanca - Americas Greatest Propaganda Film One Hundred Years of Cinema 2019-02-11 | Get a 30 day free trial of MUBI by visiting: mubi.com/100years MUBI is supported by Creative Europe – a MEDIA Programme of the European UnionCasablanca is one of the most beloved films ever made. Its one of the finest examples of Hollywood firing on all cylinders, combining the effort of some of Hollywood's best and brightest Humphry Bogart, Ingrid Burgman, Micheal Curtez, Arther Edson, Max Stiner and more.Casablanca tells the story of, Rick Blaine, a nightclub owner in the refugee-port city of Casablanca comes across official letters of transit, letters that would allow him and one other person to finally leave Casablanca for good, but his plans are complicated when his former love arrives in town on the arm of wanted resistance leader. But deeper than that its story of America, it's multicultural roots as a beacon for those fleeing tyranny, and decision to abandon its isolationist policies and join the war. This video explores the propagandist themes of Casablanca, and how Hollyward joined the war effort to help sway the American popular opinion regarding WWIIThanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinema
1941: Citizen Kane: What Makes A Masterpiece? One Hundred Years of Cinema 2018-12-31 | Citizen Kane is one of the most important films ever made. It's shown in every film class, fawned over by professors, loved by cinephiles. But why? What makes Citizen Kane such an amazing film? How did its use of Deep Focus or floating, roving camera change cinema?What Orson Welles and cinematographer Gregg Toland created was truly revolutionary. But what's the big deal? What exactly makes the film so groundbreaking? This video explores the cinematic influences on Citizen Kane and how the film changed cinema.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinema
A Short History of Italian Horror One Hundred Years of Cinema 2018-12-01 | Get a 30 day free trial of MUBI by visiting: mubi.com/100years. MUBI is supported by Creative Europe – a MEDIA Programme of the European UnionItalian horror stands as something of a contradiction, ignored by the masses, yet adored by horror fanatics. It's loved by horror fans for the same perceived flaws that causes mainstream audience to reject them. Their reliance on striking colorful images, disjointed (sometimes intentionally) illogical plots, and most of all shocking sex and violence. Like all countries, Italy’s horror cinema evolved along with the society that created it, and between Riccardo Freda's Black Sunday, Dario Argento's Suspiria and Lucio Fulci's The Beyond, Italy has produced some of the wildest, most shocking, most original films horror had to offer. Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinema
1940: Rebecca - Hitchcocks obsessions... Love, Violence and the Psycho-sexual One Hundred Years of Cinema 2018-10-01 | Get a 30 day free trial of MUBI by visiting: mubi.com/100years. MUBI is supported by Creative Europe – a MEDIA Programme of the European UnionAlfred Hitchcock is maybe the greatest and most well-known directors in all of cinema. His towering body of work includes such masterpieces as Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest. But interwoven into his work an ideological through-line that threads between love, sex, and violence. Relationships in the work of Hitchcock are more than just two people coming together, they are demonstrations of power.Rebecca from 1940 tells the story of a young woman struggling to escape the shadow of her husband's first wife, and it's also a fantastic example of the kinds of relationships found throughout Hitchcock's work. ones where power and domination inevitably lead to violence.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinema
1939: Stagecoach - How John Ford saved the Western One Hundred Years of Cinema 2018-09-01 | Get a 30 day free trial of MUBI by visiting: mubi.com/100years. MUBI is supported by Creative Europe – a MEDIA Programme of the European UnionStagecoach (1939) is one of the greatest westerns ever made. Though its plot is very simple, strangers board a stagecoach traveling across the new-mexico frontier and fight with Native Americans, it manages to be an incredibly effective and moving film.It's is often credited with single-handedly reviving the western after it plummeted from popularity in the early 30, and while that’s only partially true, the film has stood the test of time as one of the most influential westerns ever made and so it begs the question, what exactly made Stagecoach so great, and what can it tell us about the function and form of genre cinema?Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinema
1939: The Wizard of Oz - The Magic of the Movie Musical One Hundred Years of Cinema 2018-07-16 | Get a 30 day free trial of MUBI by visiting: mubi.com/100years. MUBI is supported by Creative Europe – a MEDIA Programme of the European UnionMusicals are some of the most popular films in all of cinema. The Mixing of story, music and dancing has enchanted audiences since the very first talking films. One of the most beloved film musicals, The Wizard of Oz from 1939, can tell us a lot about the history and form of the film Musical. The songs and soundtrack work like a tornado, taking the audience away to a magical land inhabited by witches, scarecrows and tin men. The film musical creates a magical space where anything can happen. This video explores the relationship between the audience, the characters and the music and how it helps make magic happen.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!Thanks to twitter.com/DancerOnFilm for helping me find clips. LINKSYou can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinema
Bonus Episode: A Short Introduction to the Career of Michael Curtiz One Hundred Years of Cinema 2018-06-22 | In this video we will take a very short look at one of the greatest directors that ever lived. Michael Curtiz.Curtiz gave us some of the greatest films in the history of cinema, Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Wolf, Mildred Pierce, Captain Blood, Yankee Doodle Dandy and more.His career spanned more than 60 years and over 170 titles. He worked in the earliest days of silent cinema in Europe, though the Early Talkies and into the golden age of Hollywood. There is so much that has been left out of this video, so if you want to check a more in-depth discussion check out the episode of Wrong Reel here: wrongreel.com/podcast/wr395-michael-curtiz-and-the-zenith-of-hollywoods-golden-ageCheck out the video about The Adventures of Robin Hood : youtube.com/watch?v=siukx4-QEv0&list=PLXBk4btfHxmH-FPDb35_iDg8M3d7rn-Vn&index=31&t=0s
1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood - The Lovable Rogue that Changed Cinema One Hundred Years of Cinema 2018-06-15 | Robin Hood is one of the most popular heroes in all of cinema, he has featured in well over 100 film, but perhaps the best of all was directed by Michael Curtiz in 1938. The adventures of Robin Hood starring errol flynn is one of the most joyful and exciting films ever made. The film boasts incredible stunts, action set pieces, sword fighting and most impressive of all, beautiful technicolor. The film is a almost perfect swashbuckling family adventure film, from the story, characters and wonderful score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The 1938 film helped popularise Errol Flynn as the lovable rogue, one of the most beloved archetypes in all of cinema. If you love Han Solo, Spiderman, Indiana Jones or Aragorn, you are familiar with the trope. He could be a thief with a heart of gold or a rugged adventure, but he's always the smartest guy in the room. This video tracks the evolution of the loveable rogue from the writing of the romantic period, becoming popular though Errol Flynn and Robin Hood, and evolving into the modern superheroes of today. Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!LINKSYou can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinemaWrong Reel Podcast - wrongreel.com/podcast/wr345-pink-smoke-great-heyday-swashbuckler-moviesThe Pink Smoke - http://thepinksmoke.com
1937: Snow White - The Making of Walts First Masterpiece One Hundred Years of Cinema 2018-03-31 | Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is one of the most monumental films in animation. The first color and sound feature length animated movie. It’s beloved by millions and still today regarded as one of the greatest animated films, what is it that makes Snow White so timeless? This is the story of Walt’s first masterpiece.The story of the making of Snow White is one of technological wonder. The behind the scenes inventions that helped make the film advanced the whole history of animation! Use of the multi plane camera, new animation techniques and cel technology, combined with music, songs and a memorable cast of characters has made is a favorite for adults and kids alike.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!LINKSYou can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinemaSnow Whites People (vol1) : amzn.to/2pU0Y40Snow Whites People (vol2) : amzn.to/2H0cfryThe Fairest of Them All: amzn.to/2pSlfGQSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Art and Creation of Walt Disney's Classic Animated Film: amzn.to/2E8Tbo0
1936: Arigatou-san - Hiroshi Shimizu: The Forgotten Master of Japanese Cinema One Hundred Years of Cinema 2018-03-01 | Japan has a long history as one of the finest cinema producers in the world. Japanese cinema is littered with the likes of Kurosawa and Ozu, people whose name echo through history as some of the greatest filmmakers of all time. A name that I think should be added to that list is Hiroshi Shimizu. In the short time Shimizu was active, he directed over 160 films. And of those relatively few have been seen outside of his native Japan, but those that have stand as some of the most touching, beautiful and heartwarming films to come out of cinema.Shimizu’s touch is light, focusing on the simple things in life, building slow paced, almost plotless films that focus on the most vulnerable in society. He gained fame for producing films focusing of the struggles of childhood, “Children of the Beehive“, “Children of the Wind“ and “Introspection Tower“.Shimizu’s focus is on realism, he tried to capture the world as it was, and because of this his films stand as wonderful time capsules of japan as it moved through the 30’s to the 60’s. His films are rich, warm films with empathy, his kindness and generosity shines through every frame. His 1936 film Arigatou-san tells the story of a polite bus driver as he travels though the Izu peninsula with his passengers, and although it has a simple and easy charm, it reveals a dark truth about depression era Japan.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinemaLINKS!WATCH CHILDREN OF THE BEEHIVE:youtube.com/watch?v=VGazRC9mN7U(This film is absolutely gorgeous)Hiroshi Shimizu Box set:http://amzn.to/2oxEcyPRecommended reading about Japanese cinema:Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts (kindle) -http://amzn.to/2F2idWRJapanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts (physical) - http://amzn.to/2oyFx8vA Hundred Years of Japanese Film (Physical) -http://amzn.to/2F4IQL4
1935: Triumph of the Will - The Power of Propaganda One Hundred Years of Cinema 2018-01-21 | Triumph of the Will is regarded as one of the most powerful propaganda pieces ever made, but how did the film advance the racist and anti-Semitic ideology of the Nazi party? What is the history of cinema as a tool of propaganda?Triumph of the Will is one of the most famous propaganda movies ever made. The films is a semi-documentary take on sixth annual National Socialist conference in Nuremberg in 1934, by director Leni Riefenstahl. It covers 4 days worth of speeches, parades and city wide celebration. It’s edited together out of hundreds of hours of footage, and it unveils the core message of the conference without commentary or inter title. Although it’s often praised as revolutionising the art of film propaganda, it actually adds very few techniques of its own, instead drawing on the decades of development in propaganda that came before. So lets take a look at the history of the propaganda film and how theses techniques were used by Riefenstahl to advance the Nazi Ideology.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinemaLINKS!How Propaganda Works:Physical copy - http://amzn.to/2Dp4rx3Kindle books - http://amzn.to/2BhmS4IMunitions of the mind:Physical copy - http://amzn.to/2EZJFnMThe Third Reich's Celluloid War:Physical copy - http://amzn.to/2G1fyheKindle books - B0076MQI1KABOUT COMMENTSI will heavily moderating this comment section. This is not a platform for espousing racist or anti-Semitic views. Any racist, white power or pro-Nazi comments will be deleted without discussion. Please do not reply to any racist comments, report them and they will be deleted.
1934: It Happened One Night - Defining The Screwball Comedy One Hundred Years of Cinema 2017-12-01 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinemaWhat is the screwball comedy, what are its tropes and what ideas does it explore, why was it born, and why did it fade away.An offshoot of the comedy film, and lying somewhere between a rom-com, a farce, and a satire, is the screwball comedy. The genres classical period is loosely agreed to have spanned from 1934 starting “with it happened one night” . We will be looking at the origin of the screwball comedy. What are it's social and economic origins?Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!LINKS!Screwball Comedy and Film Noir: http://amzn.to/2kbAFHgIt Happened One Night:Buy the DVD: http://amzn.to/2AgwuQtWatch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2nkdmfsHis Girl FridayBuy the DVD:http://amzn.to/2AiP9LjWatch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2nl4dDiThe Philadelphia Story:Buy the DVD:http://amzn.to/2AiRg1ZWatch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2jC9666
A short history of Japanese Horror One Hundred Years of Cinema 2017-10-24 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinemaIn recent decades one country's horror cinema has become synonymous with utter terror and downright creepiness. I’m talking of course about Japan. But what is it that's made this country's films so damn scary. We will be taking a journey though the history of Japanese horror, from its origins the Kaidan and Kabuki in the Edo period, though the Gothic horror of the Tale of Ugetsu and tokido yotsuya Kaidan, the nuclear horrors of Godzilla and Matango, the Pinku Eiga of the 70s, the golden age of Ringu and Dark Water in the late 90's and the social horror of Battle Royal. Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!LINKS!Links: Introduction to Japanese Horror Film - http://amzn.to/2keKbtaNightmare Japan - http://amzn.to/2jBEuRZ
1933: Duck Soup - How Satire Works One Hundred Years of Cinema 2017-09-29 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinemaSatire is one of the most popular forms of modern entertainment, from news shows, to comedies to science fiction epics. it is one of the most effective ways of getting an audience to reflect on the world around them. But What is satire and how does it work?The Marx Brothers were some of the most famous film comedians from the early talkies, they are known for their slap stick, quick-witted word play and most of all their satire. Duck Soup is one of their most political and satirical films. Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!Links: Malcome Gladwell podcast - revisionisthistory.com/episodes/10-the-satire-paradoxLindsey Ellis - Mel Brooks, The Producers and the Ethics of Satire www.youtube.com/watch?v=62cPPSyoQkEThe Marx Brothers as Social Critics - http://amzn.to/2jArbRYBuy The DVD: http://amzn.to/2nizc2O
1933: King Kong - How Early Special Effects Created the 8th Wonder of the World One Hundred Years of Cinema 2017-08-01 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinemaBuy King Kong on DVD: http://amzn.to/2Aj4dIPWatch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2jAqfNqKing Kong is one of the most incredible examples of early special effects, combining some of the most cutting edge technology of the time. This video takes a look at some of the first special effects in cinema and how film makers created Kong, one of the most incredible cinematic spectacles in cinema history.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 on-wards to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!
1932: Scarface - Defining the American Gangster Film One Hundred Years of Cinema 2017-06-05 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinemaBuy Scarface on DVD: http://amzn.to/2BB2k8AWatch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2BAyIs7Cinema is littered with gangster and organised crime; stylish anti-heroes that crave wealth and power, they play by their own rules and stop at nothing to get what they want.Although crime has been the topic of films since the very beginning, the rules, conventions and ideology of the Gangster film as a genre didn’t emerge and solidify until the beginning of the sound era, and they started largely with three films, Little Caesar and The Public Enemy from 1931 and Scarface from 1932. The films take influence from real world events like Prohibition, the wall street crash and the rise of real world gangsters like Al Capone.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onwards to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!
1931: M - How Cinema Asks a Difficult Question. One Hundred Years of Cinema 2017-05-02 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaor follow me on twitter here: twitter.com/100yearscinemaBuy M on DVD: http://amzn.to/2Apo47sBy M on Blue-ray: http://amzn.to/2AtU7FHSome of the best films ask big philosophical questions, but M did more than this. M created a carefully constructed philosophical argument aimed at getting the audience to examine their own ideas of right and wrong. M is a 1931 German drama-thriller film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre. The film was written by Lang and his wife, Thea Von Harbou, and was the director's first sound film.The film concerns both the actions of a serial killer of children, and the manhunt for him, conducted by both the police and the criminal underworld.Now considered a classic, the film was deemed by Fritz Lang to be his finest work.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 on wards to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!
1931: Dracula, Frankenstein and the origin of Universal Horror One Hundred Years of Cinema 2017-03-31 | Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaBuy Frankenstein on DVD: http://amzn.to/2AxzgkBWatch Frankenstein on VOD: http://amzn.to/2kfZiSVBy Dracula on DVD: http://amzn.to/2AoqpQ3Watch Dracula on VOD: http://amzn.to/2BBAvNE Dracula and Frankenstein are probably two of the most recognisable characters in all of popular culture. They were the first sound horror films, and they changed the entire cinema landscape. The 1931 Dracula and Frankenstein movies served as the bedrock of Universal Horror and launched a collection of classic movie monsters.But how did come about, how were they different to the films that came before them and what was there lasting impact on cinema? Thank you to all my Patreon Supporters! Evan ShrubsoleJacob CaswellEdwin SolisAndres EchevarriaJimmyMatt QuitlerSaber Tail
1930: All Quiet On The Western Front - Is There No Such Thing as an Anti-War Film? One Hundred Years of Cinema 2017-02-16 | Along with films like j'accuse (1919) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalyps (1924) All Quiet on the Western Front is considered one of the earliest examples of an Anti-war film.Two quotes are often brought up when talking about war films,“There’s no such thing as an anti-war film,” is famously attributed to filmmaker François Truffaut, more precisely he said in a 1973 issue of the chicago tribune “Some films claim to be Anti-war, but I don’t think I have ever really seen an anti-war film. Every film about war ends up being pro war.” The second is from steven spielberg talking about saving private ryan, who said “"Of course every war movie, good or bad, is an antiwar movie.” But the morality of war is a nuanced thing, and so too is the morality of the war movie.The truth is that most films lie somewhere on a spectrum ranging from pro to anti war. Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!But what separates the two extremes?Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaBuy All Quiet on the Western Front on DVD: http://amzn.to/2BBzHYPWatch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2Apb8hPThank you to all my Patreon Supporters! Evan ShrubsoleJacob CaswellEdwin SolisAndres EchevarriaJimmyMatt QuitlerSaber Tail"Anti-war war films" by Dennis Rothermel - https://www.academia.edu/281326/Anti-War_War_Films
1929: Man With A Movie Camera - What makes something Cinema? One Hundred Years of Cinema 2017-01-16 | Directed by Dziga Vertov cover a day in the life of a Russian city from sunrise until sun set, but it is much more than that. The film also lends some interesting incites to the nature of cinema.Patreon: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaBuy Man with a Movie Camera on DVD: http://amzn.to/2Bzfkf0Watch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2BB8NjZCity Symphonies:Man with a Moive Camera (1928): www.youtube.com/watch?v=z97Pa0ICpn8Manhatta (1921): www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e_L_Q9sBDABerlin: Symphony of a Great City (Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt) (1928): www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NQgIvG-kBMÉtudes sur Paris (1928): www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCB7cYaEKNE
1928: The Passion of Joan of Arc - The Powerful Psychology of the Close Up One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-12-10 | PATREON: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaBuy The Passion of John of Arc on DVD: http://amzn.to/2jAsuQMThe Passion of Joan of Arc is a master piece of cinema, detailing the story of Joan's last days. Thought is pioneering use of the close up an an amazing performance from Maria Falconetti, it reviles something deeper about the human condition. The Close up has been used throughout cinema history, in films like 12 Angry Men and Saving Private Ryan to change how the audience feels emotionally.The Passion of Joan of Arc (no soundtrack) -www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3Q6FVhqLY0Criterion DVDwww.amazon.com/Passion-Joan-Arc-Criterion-Collection/dp/0780022343
1928: Steamboat Willie - The Surprising Origin of Mickey Mouse One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-11-18 | Mickey has been a cultural icon since his first film in 1928, Disney believes the mouse has a recognition rate of between 97 and 98 percent in America. But how did this cartoon mouse become so influential? This week we are looking at the history of Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney studios, starting all the way back with Walt's very first cartoons with laugh-o-gram films in 1926.PATREON: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaBuy Steamboat Willie on DVD: http://amzn.to/2AmtoIH
A Short History of the Horror Film (1890s - 2010s) One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-10-27 | The Horror movie has been one of the most popular genres in all of cinema for over the last 100 years. it explores the deepest fears of our culture, forcing us to confront the problematic elements of our society.This video will be taking a decade by decade look at the major tropes of horror cinema, there cultural influences and there effect on the wider cinema landscape. we will journey from the first horror films in the late 1800's like The Haunted Castle by Georges Méliès and The Execution of The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots by William Heise, though classics like Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Night of the Living Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Shining in to modern horror like The Babadook and The Witch.Thanks for watching 100 years of cinema. Instead of looking at the history of one film each year from 1915, this time we are taking a general look at the history of horror, Starting from the very first horror movies in 1895, all the way to the present day.Cliplist:The Shining (1980)Alien (1979)Mystics in Bali (1981)Invasion of the body snatchersRingu (1998)The execution of Mary queen of Scots (1895)Le Squelette joyeux (1897)The Manner of the devil (1896)The Haunted Castle (1897)The devil's convent (1897)The haunted curiosity shop (1901)Scrooge (1901)Faust and Mephistopheles (1903)The Red Specter (1907)Dante's Inferno (1911) The sealed Room (1909)Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)Frankenstein (1910)The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)Genuine (1920)Faust (1926)Algol: Tragedy of Power (1920The Student of Prague (1913 film)Der Golem (1915)Nosferatu (1922)Der Golem: how he came in to the world (1920)The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)The Phantom of the Opera (1925) The Man Who Laughed (1927)Dracula (1931)Frankenstein (1931)The Wolf Man (1941)The Mummy (1932 film)Silly Symphonies: The Skeleton Dance (1929)I Walked with a Zombie (1943)The Body Snatcher (1945) Cat People (1942)The Ghost Ship (1943)The Uninvited (1944)Them! (1954)Tarantula (1955)The War of the Worlds (1953)The Fly (1958) House of Wax (1953)The Tingler (1959)Macabre (1958)Horror of Dracula (1958)A Case for PC 49 (1951)The Quatermass Experiment (1955)The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)The Mummy (1959)The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires (1974)Peeping Tom (1960)Psycho (1960)Night of The Living Dead (1968)Rosemary's Baby (1968)The Exorcist (1973)The Omen (1976)The Amityville Horror (1979) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)Halloween (1978)Jaws (1975)Grizzly (1976)Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)Inferno (1980)Carrie (1976)Shivers (1975)The Thing (1982)I drink your blood (1970)Last house on the left (1972)Friday the 13th (1980)A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)Friday the 13th Part III (1982)Halloween II (1981)The Evil Dead (1981)Cannibal Holocaust (1980)The Burning (1981)Scream (1996)New Nightmare (1994)The Blair Witch Project (1999)Paranormal Activity (2007) Let The Right one in (2008)Saw VI (2009)Hostel: Part II (2007)The Cabin in the Woods (2012)The Babadook (2014)A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)SUPPORT THE SHOW: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaTWITTER: twitter.com/100yearscinema
1927: The Jazz Singer - How The Movies Learnt To Talk. One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-10-05 | The Jazz Singer was the first feature length film to feature synchronised music and dialogue, but that does not mean that it was the first film in history to feature sound. In this video we will be discussing the impact of the jazz singer on Hollywood, the development of the talkies and the invention of synchronised sound in movies. What was the first film with Sound and how was it invented? The Jazz Singer stars Al Jolson as the son of a Jewish cantor who turns his back on his father and his religion in pursuit of fame, love and music.For more on classic film follow me on twitter: twitter.com/100yearscinemaBuy The Jazz Singer on DVD: http://amzn.to/2AAsDh3Watch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2AXH931Buy on Blu-ray: http://amzn.to/2zW35rH
1926: The Origin of Colour Cinema One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-09-05 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaBuy the DVD: http://amzn.to/2kwDZN5Watch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2ksAK9tBuy the Blu-ray: http://amzn.to/2kvaDyOBefore film makers were able to capture color on film, they used a technique called hand tinting, where they painted each individual frame to create a color strip.starting in 1902 film makers started experimenting with technology that would allow them to record and project color, and although this technology wouldn't be perfected until later in the centry, the 1926 movie The Black Pirate is a fantastic example in early color film, and sets a standard in film history to uses color as a way to tell the audience something about the character and story.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!
1925: How Sergei Eisenstein Used Montage To Film The Unfilmable One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-08-08 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaBuy the DVD: http://amzn.to/2kuN8pDWatch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2kvf4K6Buy the Blu-ray: http://amzn.to/2zYvc9DSergei Eisenstein pioneered the theory of the intellectual montage to express ideas tough film in a new way. He used the his new theory of montage to explore the themes of tsarists oppression in The Battleship PotemkinThe Battleship Potemkin is a 1925 Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and produced by Mosfilm. It presents a dramatized version of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against their officers.
1924: What do possessed hand movies tell us about fear? One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-07-26 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaBuy the DVD: http://amzn.to/2kw61bDThe hands of Orlac (1924) is a silent horror directed by the expressionist film maker Robert Wiene. It tell the story of a famous pianist who loses his had in a tragic accident, after a full hand transplant, he finds his new hands have taken on the murderous tendencies of their former owner.The film tell us a lot about the nature of fear, most specifically about the fear of losing your identity, and the fear of losing your free will.For More videos please subscribe or follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/100yearscinemaThanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!Music Used: Score from Hands of Orlac (1924)Clips used:The Shining (1980)IT (1990)Psycho (1960)The Decent (2005)The Thing (1982)Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)The Hands of Orlac (1924)Mad Love (1935)The Hands of Orlac (1960)The Hands of a Stranger (1962)Futurama (2005)The Beast With 5 Fingers (1946)The Adams Family (1991)Evil Dead 2 (1987)Idle Hands (1999)Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)Quicksilver Highway (1997)The Amazing Transplant (1970)
1923: How Cecil B Demille created the blueprint for the Biblical Epic One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-07-12 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaBuy on DVD: http://amzn.to/2j1P6NVWatch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2ADapJOIn 1923 legendary film maker Cecil B Demille started production on one of the most extravigant films ever made The Ten Commandments. At the time it was one of the largest film sets ever built, and it created the blue print for the Biblical Epic.Biblical films are known for their large scale, sex and violence, and it was offten a tool employed by early film makers to get around strict production codes.Music Used : sound track from The Ten Comandments (1923)Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!Clips used:- Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1897)- L'arche de Noé (1928)- Samson and Delilah (1949)- the passion of the Christ (2004)- Male and Female (1919)- Joan the Woman (1916)- The Ten Commandments (1923)- The Ten Commandments (1956)- Noah (2014)- Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
1922: How Robert Flaherty Invented the modern documentary. One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-07-04 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaBuy the DVD: http://amzn.to/2B0gcM6Watch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2kvzNgAIn 1922 Robert Flaherty released what was the very first feature length documentary. It used a passive camera to capture seemingly unmediated footage of Inuit life, but the film came under criticism when it was revealed that Flaherty had staged several scenes. One of the most celebrated scenes, which shows the building of an igloo was in reality a three walled set built from ice.The film went on to influence two new schools of documentary film making, Cinema verete and Direct cinema.Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!Follow me on twitter: twitter.com/100yearscinemaCheck out more video essays: twitter.com/100yearscinema
1922: How Nosferatu laid the groundwork for gothic cinema. One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-06-27 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaBuy the DVD: http://amzn.to/2AZYQ23Watch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2izMEdpBuy the Blu-ray: http://amzn.to/2AXBJoSNosferatu is maybe the most iconic horror film ever made. It's creepy imagery has cemented it in the public consciousness. In this film essay we will be looking at how the first vampire movie laid the groundwork for the Gothic cinema of Universal and Hammer. Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!Follow me on twitter at: www.twitter.com/100yearscinemaor send me an email to onehundredyearsofcinema@gmail.com
1921: How Charlie Chaplin invented the dramady. One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-06-20 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaBuy the DVD: http://amzn.to/2AYiVFWWatch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2ku6BXBIn 1921 Charlie Chaplin stared in, wrote and directed his first feature film, The Kid. It tells the story of a young mother who is forced to abandon her child and the lovable tramp that find and raises him.The reason the film is important is because its the first film to mix comedy and drama to build a bigger narrative. Thanks for watching One Hundred Years of Cinema, I will be writing a video essay about at least one film each year from 1915 onward to track the evolution of film over the last century. Please subscribe and share! Thank you!Follow me on twitter: twitter.com/100yearscinema
1920: How The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) was the first psychological horror. One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-06-13 | Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema,You can support me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/onehundredyearsofcinemaBuy the DVD: http://amzn.to/2AZse8hWatch on VOD: http://amzn.to/2B3ZaMGBut the Blu-ray: http://amzn.to/2B3ZyL8Released in 1920 The cabinet of Dr Caligari is one of the most important works of German expressionism. It used vivid and extreme imagery to express the mental state of it characters. It so influential it has written itself in the DNA of film, it's influence reaches as as film makers like Tim Burton, Edward Lynch and Ridley Scott.Follow me on Twitter at: twitter.com/100yearscinemaBlu-ray: http://amzn.to/1VTVW2tDVD: http://amzn.to/1XUpwXFDirect Download/stream: http://amzn.to/1ZJsSd4
1919: How the Rotoscope changed animation forever. One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-06-06 | In 1919 Max Fletcher released his first cartoon Out of the Inkwell. The cartoon didn't just introduce the character of Ko-Ko the clown, it also introduced the invention of the rotoscope,This allowed animators to capture the real life movement and emotions and changed animation for ever.One hundred years of cinema takes a look one from a year from 1915 to tack the evolution of film over the last century, subscribe for more film history.Follow us on twitter - twitter.com/100yearscinemaPopeye the sailor man (1933)Betty Boop Bamboo Isle (1932)Superman (1940)Out of The Inkwell: The tantelisng fly (1919)Out of The Inkwell: The Clown's little brother (1919)Talkartoons: Minnie the moocher (1932)Humorous phases of funny faces (1906)How a Mosquito Operates (1912)Little nemo (1911)Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)Out of The Inkwell: The tantelisng fly (1919)Talkartoons: Minnie the moocher (1919)Gulliver's Travels (1977)Alice in Wonderland (1951) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)Fire and Ice (1983)Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)Waking Life (2001)Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)a-ha - Take On Me (1985)TRON (1982) Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)A scanner darkly (2006)Cinderella (1950) Out of The Inkwell: The tantelisng fly (1919)
1918: The Ghost of Slumber Mountain - When Real Actors Met Clay Monsters One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-05-31 | In 1918 Willis H O'Brian started work on The Ghost of Slumber Mountain. In the first film to mix stop motion with live action footage to place actors and monsters in the same world, O'Brain started developing the techniques that would allow him to create such amazing images as King Kong Climbing the Empire State Building and Mighty Joe Young in a tug-of-war with ten men.
1917: The Butcher Boy - Buster Keatons film debut One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-05-22 | Buster Keaton first took the screen in 1917, in a Fatty Arbuckle short called The Bucher Boy, He quickly revolutionised the way that film makers manipulate images to build jokes and story.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1916: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - The first movie filmed underwater. One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-05-17 | Just a year after Hollywood's first motion picture, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea upped the game, adding to the film grammar developed by D. W. Griffith and showing the first scenes filmed underwater.
1915: The Birth of a Nation - Hollywoods first motion picture One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-05-10 | Birth of a Nation was the first feature film produced in Hollywood. It remains as divisive as it did when it came out in 1915.D. W. Griffith push the art of cinema into the 20th century by pioneering new editing and camera techniques, however the film’s values are those of racial bigotry, where black people are lazy and criminal, and the KKK are heroes.
The Invention of Cinema (1888 to 1914) One Hundred Years of Cinema 2016-04-30 | A quick look at the innovators and artists that laid the groundwork for the medium we know to day
