Now showing on the #criterionchannel : “Lumière Le Cinema”. 130 year old 50 second films by the Lumière bros. that show how the art of film got its start. Beautifully restored & shown at natural speed with a narrative that ties it all together. We live at a special time: Pick a year from 1895 to now & you can see images of how real people lived. Amazing. A critic at the time these came out said, “…death is not absolute anymore.” #movies #film #cinema #silentfilm

https://youtu.be/_3BEsMtLhzU

📝 Plot: In colonial Indochina, Tao, a mysterious figure posing as a dragon-like spirit, spreads fear to control oil-rich territories. Soun, the rightful heir, resists his takeover with the help of administrator Jacques Chauvry. Their struggle unfolds across continents in a silent serial filled with deception, pursuit, sabotage, and resistance against exploitation and manipulation.

#Tao #Adventure #Drama #Mystery #ColonialStory #SilentFilm #FrenchCinema #SerialFilm #ClassicCinema

🎬 Tao (1923)

Subtitles available:
🇬🇧 English

⬇️ Download https://app.box.com/s/ix4cg3vgnb6captsqu58rksh8qour2l1

🎞 IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199066/

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#Tao #Adventure #Drama #Mystery #SilentFilm #FrenchCinema #ColonialCinema #GastónRavel #SociétéDesCinéromans

Japanicky [Felix the Cat in Japanicky] (Otto Messmer, 1928)

May

03

A cheeky looking Felix stands in a doorway with a bamboo roller shutter. Inside the room a woman in Japanese dress sits in front of a tea bowl and pot on top of a small platform. From the ceiling hangs a (Chinese) lantern and from the wall a large scroll that reads May 3 in stereotypical Oriental lettering.

and May 4.

#FilmDuJour #May #OttoMessmer #surrealism #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #comedy #animation #USA #1920s ★★★★☆

📝 Plot: In a Parisian fashion house, a young mannequin becomes entangled in a web of jealousy, ambition, and romantic rivalry between a millionaire admirer and a false friend. As tensions rise within the world of haute couture, love and deception collide, exposing fragile relationships and social ambition in 1920s high society.

#RueDeLaPaix #SilentFilm #Drama #Romance #FrenchCinema #FashionWorld #Jealousy #ClassicFilm #1920s