The 20 Greatest Historical Myths # 16

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The 20 Greatest Historical Myths # 16

Postby Warmsoul/Jeanie13 » Sat Oct 23, 2010 2:42 pm

Sharing what was shared with me.

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16. The Great Train Robbery was the first feature film

When it was released in 1903, “The Great Train Robbery” pioneered several techniques, includes jump cuts, medium close-ups and a complex storyline. But the first feature film? It was only ten minutes long! Even most short films are longer than that. The first feature-length film was a 100-minute Australian film, “The Story of the Kelly Gang”, released three years later. Even if you think of a feature film as the “feature” of a cinema program, the title would go to one of a number of French films made during the 1890s (but I won’t name one, as that could cause any number of arguments).


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