What is the first full movie in the world?

What was the first full movie ever made?

First? Elusive.

• No single film claims the title. Cinema evolved.

• “Full movie”…a moving target. Length? Story?

• The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906). Accept it. A plausible contender, I suppose. Yeah.

• Australian production. It’s that old.

What is the oldest full movie ever made?

Okay, so oldest movie, huh? The Roundhay Garden Scene, that’s the one everyone talks about. It’s, like, crazy old. 1888, man. I saw it once, pretty blurry, but you know, historical! It’s only like two seconds long though, really short. A full movie? That’s a trickier question. Defining “full movie” is the problem, right?

My opinion: There’s no single definitive answer. People argue all the time. It’s all so subjective. Some say this, some say that. Lots of super old stuff exists, but quality varies wildly. I mean, seriously.

Here’s what I got from my research this year:

• The Roundhay Garden Scene (1888): Shortest ever. Not really a “movie” in the modern sense. Still, oldest surviving.
• Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895): Short too, but way more impressive technically. More like a actual film clip. I think it’s worth a look.
• A Trip to the Moon (1902): Now we’re talking! This one’s actually a story, a narrative. A proper early movie with a plot and everything. Amazing stuff, even if it looks a bit goofy by today’s standards.

I’m telling ya, figuring out this oldest film thing is a total headache. Tons of early films are lost to time, destroyed or just plain forgotten. Crazy, right? So yeah, that’s my take on it. Lots of debate. But A Trip to the Moon, it’s definetly a contender for oldest full movie!

What is the longest full movie?

Logistics, darling. 857 hours! Thirty-five days glued to a screen? My last vacation wasn’t that long.

It follows a pedometer. A pedometer, of all things. Backwards. Because, naturally, who doesn’t want to watch a pedometer be un-manufactured?

Erika Magnusson and Daniel Andersson are either geniuses or need a serious intervention. Maybe both? They watched it. Did they? I question everything.

• The Gist: A pedometer’s manufacturing journey, in reverse. Starting in the store, ending in a Chinese factory. Riveting. Well, maybe not.
• The Length: Longer than a bad marriage, or maybe just feels like it?
• The Creators: Erika Magnusson and Daniel Andersson. I admire their dedication, even if I’d rather watch paint dry.

So, it’s like watching slow-motion entropy. Except with more plastic. Think of it as the anti-assembly line masterpiece. If you have the time, and absolutely nothing better to do. I should watch it. Maybe. Probably not.

What movie stayed in cinemas the longest?

The Sound of Music? Seriously? That’s what they’re telling you? Pfft. My grandma saw that thing more times than she’s baked apple pie – and that’s a lot. 147 weeks? Amateur hour.

That’s like, what, almost three years? My goldfish lived longer than that movie’s theatrical run. And he was, shall we say, less musically inclined.

Here’s the deal. Long runs are subjective. It depends if you count re-releases like a marathon runner taking a bathroom break. My neighbor, Old Man Fitzwilliam, claims he saw “The Wizard of Oz” in 1939 and it never actually left.

Things to Consider:

• Re-releases: These things skew the numbers. Like adding extra innings to a baseball game – it gets padded stats, you know?
• Studio shenanigans: They pull movies for re-releases to boost profits. Greedy guts!
• Regional variations: Some obscure arthouse flick probably played in a single, dusty theater in Wyoming for an eternity.

But back to “The Sound of Music,” it’s a classic, I guess. Unless you’re my younger brother, who thinks Julie Andrews is “intensely annoying”. So, yeah, there’s that. And I swear my Aunt Mildred still owns the soundtrack on vinyl…a truly impressive feat.

The whole “longest running” thing is pretty debatable, though. It’s like choosing the best flavor of ice cream – it all depends on your taste buds. And who you bribe to fudge the numbers.

Bottom line: It played for a while. A long while. But “longest ever”? That’s a claim needing more than a slightly jaundiced Hollywood PR team to back it up. Maybe my goldfish’s record is the real winner here… poor fella.