What could one possibly learn from Kino's new DVD box set Edison: The Invention of the Movies (Amazon)? Absolutely everything. I'm 75 films into the 140 little miracles in this box set, all produced between 1893 and 1918 by Thomas Edison's crew of filmmakers. It includes classics like Blacksmith Scene and The Great Train Robbery, as well as an early Erich von Stroheim feature, The Unbeliever. Watching this wide range of stuff, from dancing to violence to comedy to simple documentary from all walks of life, you marvel at the sheer power of the motion picture camera. Your brain wanders back in time, taking in bits of century-old attitude and wondering if we aren't better off now. In many ways we are, and the invention of DVD is one of them. Kino's "Edison" box is already a front-runner for the coveted "DVD of the Year" spot.
| :: posted by Jeffrey M. Anderson, 4/29/2005 | Comments (0) Links to this post |
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