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Thirty Years of Motion Pictures (The March of the Movies)
Thirty Years of Motion Pictures (The March of the Movies)

THIRTY YEARS OF MOTION PICTURES (THE MARCH OF THE MOVIES)

Directed by Terry Ramsaye, Otto Nelson
United States, 1927
Documentary

Synopsis

When Terry Ramsaye embarked on this endeavour, he intended to sum up film’s first two decades. But then, the art evolved so fast that he spent ten years catching up. The result is one of the first attempts at explaining cinema to a mass audience – a milestone of meta-moviemaking.

Synopsis

When Terry Ramsaye embarked on this endeavour, he intended to sum up film’s first two decades. But then, the art evolved so fast that he spent ten years catching up. The result is one of the first attempts at explaining cinema to a mass audience – a milestone of meta-moviemaking.