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In 1916 Lois Weber was the highest paid director in Hollywood.
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I've always been a fan of Alice Guy's 1900 absurdity AUTOMATED HAT-MAKER AND SAUSAGE-GRINDER. It is perfect, no notes.
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Theresa Harris is the classic Hollywood actress that I think “What if…” the most about. She had so much screen presence and charisma. I wish she had lived in a world where she could have been a star, she deserved it.
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Thanks for this! A fascinating deep-dive into a interesting transition period in Lupino’s career. I was wondering if you’ve ever come across recordings of her compositions?
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I really need to explore Ralph Cooper's films! Thanks for reminding me.
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A fantastic overview of Sara Gomez's life and career by Richard Brody in the New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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This is incredibly exciting. Sara Gomez is an important link in film history & had such an eye. Tragically she died at 31 with so much more to give.
If you're looking for an accessible place to start I love her little travelogue short I'LL GO TO SANTIAGO. www.criterionchannel.com/sara-gomez-s...
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Do you have page 78?
Great find!
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I know that’s what I said, haha.
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Man, the Herzog NOSFERATU is a masterpiece, and its use of color, especially white is gorgeous, and contrasts the gothic nature of the story in really jarring and intriguing ways. Isabelle Anjani… amazing, and Kinski’s vampire is fascinating.
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I love it, if you happen to have the @milestonefilms.bsky.social fantastic blu ray of The Adventures of Prince Achmed it's one of the special features looking much better in gorgeous HD.
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There's still 6 whole days left of Christmas, so you didn't find it too late. They're all a lot of fun, glad you found it.
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Would look good on my shelf.
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Finishing on Christmas Eve with THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM, animated by the great Lotte Reiniger, but she handed the directing reins to her longtime producer, Vivian Milroy. A gorgeous, charming, surprisingly adventurous retelling of the Nativity, my favorite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k7c...
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Most of the shorts I've posted have been pretty obscure, but today's is a veritable classic (especially in the UK), that said most people don't realize that it was directed by Dianne Jackson, so here is the lovely THE SNOWMAN (1982). youtu.be/yx48m4ge8kc?...
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I know I have posted two Hermina Tyrlova films already, but they're so darn charming (pun not intended but immediately embraced). In 1968 her little blue wooly guy from THE SNOWMAN returned, this time to get THE CHRISTMAS TREE… the tree has other ideas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQAx...
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In honor of the Solstice here is a 1936 Soviet cartoon about the Sun being swallowed by a big fish. Olga Khodataeva began her career working with the Brumberg sisters & in many ways hers ran parallel to theirs, making shorts based on Russian & indigenous folktales. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG8f...
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Starting as a collaborator of Norman Mclaren in the 1940s, Canadian animator Evelyn Lambart was on her own by 1974 using the lovely, strange stop motion cut outs you see in her THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS, giving it both a medieval & strikingly modern quality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSQs...
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Lotte Reiniger & the Royal Mail remind you to mail your Christmas cards & packages early, otherwise an overworked Santa will go on strike, like he did in 1951. Reiniger did commercial work throughout her long career, with several charming ones for the GPO www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7Y...
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You should come and do research. Though I guess you've already recorded...
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Sisters Valentina & Zinaida Brumberg were pioneers in Soviet animation from 1920s-70s. In 1951 they adapted Gogol’s fable THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, using a rotoscope technique Eclair, a story of a Blacksmith, the Devil, & the Czarina’s slippers. Now with subtitles! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN2U...
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What are you going to make me listen to for 5 hours this time?
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That’s why you wrote it down, so you wouldn’t have to.
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One of the more surreal tellings of the Nativity is by Hermina Tyrlova, her 1969 STAR OF BETHLEHEM actually depicts (the usually left out) Isaiah 11:1 with a literal stem coming forth from the rod of Jesse, also Mary has magical powers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMWi...
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Joy Batchelor & John Halas knew Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a healthy dose of guilt, disappointed parents, (& child labor). The British animators were commissioned by the United Lutheran Churches of America to make this Christmas short in 1956. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr9Z...
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Sheila Graber charmingly sends up gender expectations & binaries in her 1988 short TOYS WILL BE TOYS. Left to their own devices round the Christmas tree how will the pink & blue toys behave? Available free on BFIplayer for those in UK, otherwise... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFum...
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LE NOEL DE MONSIEUR LE CURE is a 1906 film by Alice Guy. The priest realizes on Christmas that he doesn't have enough money to buy a Christ child for the Nativity scene! What will he do? A sweet little film by one of the earliest directors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLnO...
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In 1956 Wendy Toye was nominated for a Live Action Short Oscar for ON THE TWELFTH DAY, which takes “The 12 Days of Christmas” to its literal, riotous ends. Full of endless detail, now easier to see in this lovely restored version! youtu.be/ZaMw6Hhw--A?...
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Also from 1966, but very different in medium & tone, is Marie Menken's LIGHTS, an abstract short film capturing the NY holiday displays at night.
Only 6 minutes, turn your own lights off, sit back & let it wash over you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5eC...
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Speak for your obsession with Rod Taylor…
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Division of labor.
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This was a fun one to research!
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It’s funny how writing poetry seems to come in waves, I did a lot in my early 20s, now I can’t even imagine were to begin. Good job getting back on the surf board, I know how hard that is, may it lead to more!
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Hope Eli's feeling better. I'll join you for the 30 min (though I know I'm 5 minutes behind you), thanks for the motivation!
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Funny to say that Louis Hayward would play her “hero” when the film is LADIES IN RETIREMENT…
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Such an underrated film.
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The most random engagement farmy version of this that has ever bemused me was "Without saying TWISTER what is your favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman film..."