Posted by Skip November 6th, 2013
“The film showed the everyday activities of a middle-class family in Shanghai, which is unusual because shooting home movies in the 1920s and 1930s was popular only among the rich, said Wang Min, a department director for the Shanghai Audiovisual Archive.”
Archive screens home movie from 1930s – NZweek
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The Shanghai Audiovisual Archive Sunday screened the first piece of film ever found showing the live
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Posted by Skip November 1st, 2013
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Posted by Skip October 28th, 2013
Archive screens home movie from 1930s – NZweek
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The Shanghai Audiovisual Archive Sunday screened the first piece of film ever found showing the live]]>
Posted by Skip October 24th, 2013
A Cannes contender, Oscar hopefuls and Royal home movies – The Nation
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A Cannes contender, Oscar hopefuls and Royal home movies The Nation 'Tears of the Black Tiger', 'The Tin Mine' and films by King Rama VII added to national heritage registry]]>
Posted by Skip October 23rd, 2013
Mystery film: Who are these people?
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Decades-old movies were found at a thrift store and now they're taking on a life of their own on the Internet after some amateur sleuths posted them online looking for clues.]]>
Posted by Skip October 21st, 2013
Small-Gauge Storytelling: Discovering the Amateur Fiction Film
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What do you understand by the term 'home movie'? Do you imagine images of babies-on-the lawn, sandcastles on the beach, or travels with the family? Did you know that amateur filmmakers have also explored fictional genres as diverse and fascinating as their professional counterparts, that specific…]]>
