When was film first started?

When was first film released?

First film... uh, 2015? The First Film. Was that even the FIRST film? What a misleading title. Documentary. Mystery? Huh.

• The First Film came out in 2015.

• It's apparently a doc/mystery thing. Odd combo.

• It's like, almost two hours. 1 hour, 50 minutes, give or take. Wonder if it's any good.

I watched a doc about early film once...or did I just read about it? Edison... maybe? He did something with moving pictures, right? And those Lumiere bros. They showed something in a cafe. I think it was in Paris. Or was it Lyon? I keep getting those two mixed up. My aunt took me to Paris for my 16th bday. Best croissants ever, omg.

• Thinking about early cinema... Edison rings a bell.

• Lumiere brothers too. Weren't they important?

  Did they even show movies? I legit cannot remember.

• Paris, good times. So many tourists, but worth it.

Back to The First Film, maybe I should check out a trailer or something. Wonder if it's streaming. Probably not. Everything's on streaming nowadays. Except for that obscure Herzog doc I wanted to see. Grrr.

• Need to look up a trailer for The First Film.

• I bet it's not on any service I subscribe to. Damn it.

• Herzog is such a madman. I love his stuff.

What is the first movie to ever exist?

Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) holds the record. It is regarded as the earliest surviving motion-picture film. What a time to be alive, huh?

• Directed by the French inventor Louis Le Prince.

• Depicts actual, consecutive action. So progressive, you know?

• A remarkably short film; some things are best in small doses!

The film offers a glimpse into a bygone era, a fleeting moment preserved for eternity. It really does make you consider the nature of time, doesn’t it?

What was the first full movie?

The Kelly Gang. 1906. Melbourne. Boxing Day. Feature length, supposedly. So?

The gang's sympathy? Questionable. Always.

• First narrative feature film: The Story of the Kelly Gang.
• Release: December 26, 1906.
• Location: Melbourne, Australia.
• Controversy: The sympathetic portrayal of criminals. It sold well. Who'd a thunk it?

The Athenaeum Theatre saw history. I didn't. What of it.

Early cinema: Often localized. Raw. Unpolished. Think daguerreotypes, only moving, slightly. Now streaming, 4k. Progress?

What was the first full movie ever made?

It's 3 am. The city hums outside, a low thrum. The first movie? There isn't one, really. Not a clean cut, perfect beginning. It was messy, a slow bloom.

People claim The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) – a long one, they say. But what is "full movie" anyway? Length? Story? The lines blur. It felt different back then.

My grandfather, bless his soul, told me stories. He watched them as they were made. Crude things, mostly. He said it was magic.

This whole "first" thing… it's a trick of the mind. We need a start, a neat package. But life isn't tidy. Cinema wasn't born, it evolved. Like a slow, painful childbirth.

It's unsettling. This search for a beginning, like trying to pin down a butterfly. You can almost feel its wings, but never quite capture it.

Key points:

• No single "first" movie. The evolution of cinema was a gradual process.
• The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) is often cited as a leading candidate for the first feature-length narrative film, but there is no true consensus. It's a matter of definition.
• The criteria for a "full movie" (length, narrative, etc.) are subjective and vary widely.

I'm tired. Going back to bed now. The city whispers on.

What is the oldest full movie ever made?

Okay, so the oldest movie? Roundhay Garden Scene! I swear, I first saw it in a dusty film history class at UCLA. Was it 2016 or 2017? Man, time flies.

It was on a crummy projector. Grainy, short, just a few seconds. People milling around. Leeds, England. Probably smelled of rain and tweed back then, I bet.

I felt…underwhelmed, honestly. Like, this is it? But the prof, Dr. Armitage, was beaming. "Ground zero!" he said. Too excited.

Then, reading about it later, I got it. The tech! Louis Le Prince, disappearing right after. Crazy story. Dark. A bit spooky, even.

Now, random facts stuck in my brain:

• It was shot in 1888.
• Super short.
• Le Prince vanished! Theories galore. Murder? Bankruptcy?

Also, I had this weird dream where I was in that garden! Yep.

What movie stayed in cinemas the longest?

Okay, so, The Sound of Music, right? That's what I heard was the longest. Crazy, huh? It was 1965, I was a kid, maybe eight, nine years old. My family, we lived in a tiny town in Ohio, population, I don't know, 2000 maybe? We had one, maybe two theaters. Anyway, this movie... man, it was everywhere. Posters everywhere. My mom loved it. We saw it, what, three times? It felt like it played forever.

I remember the theater was old, smelled like popcorn and that weird carpet cleaner smell. The seats were uncomfortable, but it didn't matter. I was completely captivated. Julie Andrews, she was a star!

Fourteen seven weeks! That's insane. I mean, think about it. Almost three years! My entire childhood was practically unfolding while that movie was still in theaters. This wasn't some digital download, or streaming service. This was a big deal. A huge event.

This is wild. It was before everything else. Before VHS, DVDs, before streaming. You had to go to the cinema. I think that also helps explain its seemingly incredible run. It wasn't competing with home viewing.

Seriously, 147 weeks. That’s a lifetime ago, and yet I still remember the feeling of sitting in that dark, musty theater. That movie was huge.

• Movie: The Sound of Music
• Year: 1965
• Location: Small-town Ohio theater (Name forgotten)
• Personal feeling: Awe-struck, captivated by Julie Andrews. The theater experience was a whole thing, something special back then.