Scott and Marty go back — WAYYY BACK — to the nudists, clock goblins, and rarebit fiends of silent cinema — as they launch an unprecedented FOUR PART series on how FILM SEES ITSELF! It’s so exciting, it requires ALL CAPS and LOTS of exclamation points!!!
Covered this week (Holy Monkeyshines!):
- Meta-movies of the 19th century at 4:00
- A Trip to the Moon (1902, Dir. George Méliès) at 30:09
- The Great Train Robbery (1903, Dir. Edwin S. Porter) at 39:21
- Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906, Dir. Edwin S. Porter) at 50:56
- Behind the Screen (1916, Dir. Charles Chaplin) at 55:34
- The Extra Girl (1923, Dir. F. Richard Jones) at 1:05:16
- Movie Crazy (1932, Dir. Clyde Bruckman and Harold Lloyd) at 1:14:51
All this, plus Continuity Boulevard (at 1:29:52) and the illustrious Lightning Round (at 1:35:15). Whew!
