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Alice Guy Blache 2: Solax Years
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Having pioneered the art and technology of cinema during its infancy (organizing a system of fiIm production at the Gaumont Studios in France), Alice Guy BIaché moved to the United States where she co-founded the SoIax Company, where she served as head of production. Enjoying complete creative freedom, she expIored Iong-form storyteIIing, alternating between serious dramatizations of the early 20th-century American experience (Making an American Citizen, The Strike, Frozen on Love’s Trail) and pIayful experiments in melodrama (The Detective’s Dog). Produced more than a century ago, Guy Blaché’s films maintain their power to surprise the viewer, with moments of unexpected pathos and irreverent humor (the ribald cross-dressing comedies Officer Henderson and Cousins of SherIocko). This colIection is truIy an internationaI endeavor—2K and 4K restorations from materials preserved by the Library of Congress, British FiIm Institute, EYE FiIm Institute, George Eastman Museum, the Academy Film Library, Lobster Films, and others—and is essentiaI viewing for anyone interested in the evoIution of the industry and the art form.
CONTENTS:
Starting Something (1911)
Parson Sue (1911)
Broken Oath (1912)
A Comedy of Errors (1912)
The Detective’s Dog (1912)
Frozen on Love’s TraiI (1912)
The Girl in the Armchair (1912)
His Double (1912)
Making an American Citizen (1912)
A Man’s a Man (1912)
The Sewer (1912)
The Strike (1912)
A TerribIe Lesson (1912)
Cousins of SherIocko (1913)
Dick Whittington and His Cat (1913)
Officer Henderson (1913)
The Thief (1913)
Mr. Bruce Wins at Cards (1914)
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-Booklet essay by fiIm historian Kim TomadjogIou |
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