Media History: The Invention and Art of the Movies (Part 1 of 3)
49K views · Aug 20, 2026 · Education
Comments · 55
@RichardGoldwaterMD · 1 month ago
This wonderful documentary is as much about the audience as about the medium itself. The 'eager complicity' of the audience in accepting the illusion of motion is a wonderful insight into the naivety of the collective imagination. Movies could inspire love and heroism, but also loathing and racism. The first great movie success, the Birth of a Nation, promoted the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan.
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@tyhg22 · 8 days ago
The Lumiere brothers' cinema in Paris was on Rue de Rivoli (named after the town near Verona and scene of Napoleon's great victory in the Italian campaign).It then follows<br> that many cinemas today are called the "Rivoli"
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@Tokinjester · 12 days ago
this was really good! i was completely absorbed the whole way through
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@mj99a · 12 days ago
Clocking at 50m-46s this is a wonderful mini-doc overview of the technological and artistic nativity of film as an art, craft and industry, despite any of the omissions, <s>obvious or subtle</s> noted below. a great inspirational way to begin my day!
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@AJV__studio1234 · 9 days ago
Working on my MFA thesis right now and flagged this as part of my research, thanks!
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@TheSteveBoyd · 10 days ago
Beautifully done! I couldn't take my eyes off it. Now on to part two!
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@JuliusNo-x9q · 7 days ago
Thanks for summing this up in under 1 h.<br>If this is how you teach your students, they have a hell of a teacher. Also, as a non-native English speaker, you're not hard to follow.
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@richardlansing · 12 days ago
I really appreciate this Media History. Thank you so much. Well done!
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@Sp33gan · 10 days ago
Excellently presented! My only nitpick is not mentioning the goon squads Edison regularly sent out against rivals who hadn't paid his trust fees/extortion. They would beat cast and crew as well as destroy expensive equipment. No wonder movie makers relocated to what became Hollywood.
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@RecoveryWellness-u6l · 11 days ago
Excellent for film students! Bravo!
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@suitedzombie8911 · 8 days ago
This is such a beautiful documentary.<br> 🌞🩷😊
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@70galaxie · 13 days ago
note;"Trip to the Moon". a cannon to get there.<br>getting back?took care of suspension of disbelief for the rest of history
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