The birth date of film can be established: December 28, 1895. The place where it happened is also known: Paris, Boulevard des Capucines, Grand Caffe. It is also known who did it first: Louis Lumiere. However, the history of film starts in distant, almost unknown times: from drawings of cave people, through reliefs from Egyptian times, to the discovery of photography. Development of film technique: silent film, sound film, color film. Development of film expression: film as a recording of reality, film as an interpretation of reality, film as fiction or new reality. Development of film as an industry.

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An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about t...

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The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations.

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The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding o...

A documentary covering 3 decades of Clerks films

The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.

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