bentley 1 hour ago 100 years old, yet its copyright only expired five years ago—in the United States. In Europe and other life+70 regions, the film will remain copyrighted past 2050, even though Lotte Reiniger died nearly half a century ago!
yiyus 1 hour ago Starevich was doing stop motion animated films in 1912: "The Beautiful Leukanida" or "The Cameraman's Revenge".
1659447091 3 days ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-TJvNBO1fw17 min documentary showing Reiniger's technique/process
JKCalhoun 4 hours ago Amazing film. (I discovered it via "1001 Movies to See Before You Die.")Copies are on YT:https://youtu.be/7V_8aFQUfBwhttps://youtu.be/AbXjEoD_dIEhttps://youtu.be/j6DaB0Is4jM bentley 1 hour ago It can also be watched in full on Wikipedia, as is the case with many films that are public domain in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Prince_Achme...
bentley 1 hour ago It can also be watched in full on Wikipedia, as is the case with many films that are public domain in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Prince_Achme...
jimbokun 6 hours ago I’m shocked I never heard of this before.Just watched the first couple minutes of The Adventures of Prince Achmed and it’s unlike anything I’ve seen before. thaumasiotes 2 hours ago > it’s unlike anything I’ve seen beforeIt's a filmed shadowpuppet performance.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_play
thaumasiotes 2 hours ago > it’s unlike anything I’ve seen beforeIt's a filmed shadowpuppet performance.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_play
bmacho 3 hours ago It's The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926). IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015532/
acoster 2 hours ago IIRC, that's the movie they play on loop at the kids section of Landesmuseum in Zürich.
bsder 3 hours ago I wonder if she knew of Henri Rivière and his "Ombres Chinoises."https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/henri-riviere-master-printm...The Shadow Theatre at "Le Chat Noir" was fairly famous, no?
100 years old, yet its copyright only expired five years ago—in the United States. In Europe and other life+70 regions, the film will remain copyrighted past 2050, even though Lotte Reiniger died nearly half a century ago!
Starevich was doing stop motion animated films in 1912: "The Beautiful Leukanida" or "The Cameraman's Revenge".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-TJvNBO1fw
17 min documentary showing Reiniger's technique/process
Amazing film. (I discovered it via "1001 Movies to See Before You Die.")
Copies are on YT:
https://youtu.be/7V_8aFQUfBw
https://youtu.be/AbXjEoD_dIE
https://youtu.be/j6DaB0Is4jM
It can also be watched in full on Wikipedia, as is the case with many films that are public domain in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Prince_Achme...
I’m shocked I never heard of this before.
Just watched the first couple minutes of The Adventures of Prince Achmed and it’s unlike anything I’ve seen before.
> it’s unlike anything I’ve seen before
It's a filmed shadowpuppet performance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_play
It's The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926). IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015532/
IIRC, that's the movie they play on loop at the kids section of Landesmuseum in Zürich.
I wonder if she knew of Henri Rivière and his "Ombres Chinoises."
https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/henri-riviere-master-printm...
The Shadow Theatre at "Le Chat Noir" was fairly famous, no?
Amazing story!
I was unaware of her.
Thanks!