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Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – 3 Tinted Dances
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 28, 2012
Guy continues her Spanish exploration with three hand-tinted films showing the tango, flamenco, and bolero dancing styles:
The Tango [Le Tango]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1649369/
The Malaguena and the Bullfighter [La malagueña et le torero]
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Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – Spain [Espagne] (1905)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 27, 2012
Historic time-capsule notable for numerous reasons: 1. The fascinating people and places captured on film over 100 years ago. 2. The impressive cinematography including a some nice camera movement. 3. Footage with Alice Guy Blaché in front of the camera instead of behind. The locations are as follo read more
Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – Clown, Dog and Balloon [Clown, chien et ballon] (1905)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 26, 2012
Cute one-trick doggie show. The backdrop is beautifully detailed, yet the illusion of depth is humorously broken by the balloon bouncing off the set.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1649298/
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Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – The Magician’s Alms [La charité du prestidigitateur] (1905)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 25, 2012
Excellent use of the Melies-style effects common for the time, and created in multiple outdoor settings instead of the controlled-environment stage typically used. Nice morality tale as well.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1649358/
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Truly Awesome Video of Outer Space
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 25, 2012
The footage in this video is derived from image sequences from NASA’s Cassini and Voyager missions.
Outer Space from Sander van den Berg on Vimeo.
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Happy Birthday, Hubble Space Telescope!
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 24, 2012
The Hubble Telescope launched 22 years ago today, and the entire collection of Hubble pictures is available online and well worth your time. The video below contains 1 selected image from each year.
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Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – Faust and Mephistopheles [Faust et Méphistophélès] (1903)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 23, 2012
The story of Faust, popularized in 1604 by Christopher Marlowe’s play, “Doctor Faustus”, reworked by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in the 1800s, and then compressed here to 2 minutes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000437/
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For Creatives (that’s everyone): Words of Wisdom and Inspiration
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 23, 2012
Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – The Bricklayers [Les maçons] (1905)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 23, 2012
Plenty of slapstick action, and with comedic police pre-dating the Keystone Cops by a decade.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1649371/
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Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – How Monsieur Takes His Bath [Comment monsieur prend son bain] (1903)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 22, 2012
Guy once again pays her respects to Georges Méliès in this homage to (read: remake of) the cinemagician’s, Going To Bed Under Difficulties. The Guy version replaces the bed with a bath tub, thus the title of this fun short film. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000432/ Share this:FacebookTwit read more
Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – Midwife to the Upper Classes [Sage-femme de première classe] (1902)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 21, 2012
Both cute and disgusting. Cute as an expansion of Guy’s earlier film, The Cabbage Fairy, involving the plucking of babies from the cabbage patch. Disgusting in the repulsive reaction of the couple towards the darker baby. Still, that is an important moment in movie history as a snapshot of soc read more
Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs [Les chiens savants] (1902)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 21, 2012
Adorable dog and handler performance video where the tricks become more impressive and entertaining as the show progresses. The finale is definitely worth the wait.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000384/
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Incredibly Inspirational Video of 65-year-old Female Hockey Player
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 19, 2012
At the age of 65, Diane Pieknik decides to play ice hockey for the first time and joins a women’s “18 and over” hockey league. As a result, she reminds us that life is for living.
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Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – Pierrette’s Escapades [Le départ d'Arlequin et de Pierrette] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 19, 2012
An early example of a hand-tinted film, where each frame was painted and which always contain an air of
magic.
Music performed by Billy Duncan for Change Before Going Productions.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000299/
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Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – Turn-of-the-Century Surgery [Chirurgie fin de siècle] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 18, 2012
Amazingly successful, albeit painful, surgical procedures. Please do not cry.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000286/
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Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – Dance of the Seasons: Winter, Snow Dance [Le danse des saisons] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 16, 2012
Slightly odd little piece that holds a bit more significance due to its unique attempt at copyright (watch the bottom-right starting at 0:21).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0223109/
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Happy Birthday, Sir Charles “Charlie” Chaplin!
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 16, 2012
This video gives me chills. Every…single…time:
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Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – At the Photographer’s [Chez le photographe] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 15, 2012
Slightly meta film as we have moving pictures of a man continually moving out of the way from being photographed. A simple film, but the comedic timing is on point.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000284/
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Brotherhood of Man or: How I Learned to Get Blacklisted and Thrown in Jail
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 14, 2012
Based upon the pamphlet Races Of Mankind by Ruth Benedict and Gene Weltfish, Brotherhood of Man is a controversial 10-minute cartoon from 1945 which explores the inherent equality of all peoples, and promotes the tolerance of other cultures. It was sponsored by the UAW (United Auto Workers) union an read more
Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – Automated Hat-Maker and Sausage-Grinder [Chapellerie et charcuterie mécanique] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Apr 13, 2012
What else do you need?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0350698/
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