Accordion Player

Jan 1, 1888

0h 1m

★ 4.9

Overview

The last remaining film of Le Prince's LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera is a sequence of frames of his son, Adolphe Le Prince, playing a diatonic button accordion. It was recorded on the steps of the house of Joseph Whitley, Adolphe's grandfather.

Genres

Documentary

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Whitley Partners

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Himself

Adolphe Le Prince

On the 38th anniversary of the seminal music documentary, Heartworn Highways - a film that explored and captured the nascent roots of the Outlaw Country movement in the mid-70s - this followup documentary celebrates the authenticity and expresses the feelings of the legendary original, via a community of contemporary "outlaws" living and creating music in Nashville, Tennessee.

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0.0

Mineral El Teniente

May 9, 1919

A retrospective about the world of the mineral, following different narrative lines, centered on housing, labor, transport, recreation among others. Original copy is lost, only 14 minutes are available.

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5.6

The Turkish Sultan Mehmed V Resad Visiting Bitola

Jan 24, 1911

Newsreel of the visit of sultan Mehmed V Resad to Bitola.

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0.0

Una cueca en Cavancha

May 19, 1897

Several young and cheerful children share at Cavancha Beach, while a couple begins to dance a cueca.

3.0

The Beach Boys and The Satan

Oct 17, 1997

A German documentary that explores the darker side of the Beach Boys, primarily focusing on Brian Wilson and the Pet Sounds album, with detours to the Manson Family.

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Words Are Limited, Feelings Are Not

Jun 20, 2020

A man reads a letter from his away girlfriend while he contemplates on some memorable places in Jakarta, where they had spent time together.

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5.0

Memories of a Young Pianist

Nov 3, 2009

Interview with the italian composer Claudio Gizzi about his lifetime and work as part or the extras of the Blu-Ray edition from What? (Che?) (1972) from Roman Polanski

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0.0

Basic Film Terms: A Visual Dictionary

Jan 1, 1971

A Documentary about basic film terms, applied through a short film.

8.0

House of Children

Feb 1, 2020

A glimpse of life as seen through young people at a Zimbabwean children's home.

7.4

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Jan 22, 2015

The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.

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5.0

Let's Talk Turkey

Oct 28, 1939

It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her scowling family, and Abner has no idea how to proceed. The film's narrator has us cut away to the kitchen of chef M.O. Cullen who demonstrates the proper way to carve the bird, spoon out the stuffing, and lay out the platter. Back to Abner, who's missed Cullen's lesson, so he makes a fine mess. Can this marriage survive?

9.3

4 Artists Paint 1 Tree: A Walt Disney 'Adventure in Art'

Apr 29, 1958

Four Disney artists paint their own interpretations of a tree, and explain their techniques and methods.

6.0

Amarillo By Morning

Jan 16, 1998

While filming professional bullriders for a commercial at the national rodeo in Houston, Texas, Spike Jonze befriended two suburban teenagers who aspired to be cowboys. The documentary chronicles an afternoon in their lives.

5.8

As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio

Jan 1, 1965

The camera shows the vivid paintings by late Júlio Régio, with a narrative by his brother, while guitar tunes underline the mood and rhythm of the cinematography.

6.4

Passage of Venus

Dec 9, 1874

Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or Pierre Jules César Janssen, invented the Photographic Revolver, which captured a series of images in a row. The device, automatic, produced images in a row without human intervention, being used to serve as photographic evidence of the passage of Venus before the Sun, in 1874.

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6.0

The Screen Director

Mar 12, 1951

A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes with the actors and camera crew, shooting the scenes, watching dailies, working with the editor and composer, and attending the first preview. Then a number of real directors are shown in archive footage (as well as a predominance of staged 'archive' footage) working with actors and crew.

5.7

Sailing with Bushnell Keeler

Jan 1, 1967

In 1967, a young David Lynch grabbed his new Bolex 16mm camera, to film his friend and mentor Bushnell Keeler and brother Dave Keeler sailing on the Chesapeake Bay in Bush's King's Cruiser. This was David Lynch's very first film, which he prefers to call a "home movie". It depicts a man, a painter, who changed David's life forever pursuing the artist's life, which he continues to this day.

6.0

El mundo de Fructuoso Gelabert

Jan 1, 1968

Documentary by Juan Francisco de Lasa about a pioneer of Spanish cinema. Gelabert attended one of the first sessions of the Lumière's cinématographe in Barcelona. Briefly after, he built a contraption based on this invention. He produced his first picture, "Dorotea", in 1897. His film "Riña en un café" is considered the first Spanish film to feature a plot.

0.0

El cargador

Jan 1, 1974

Dramatic testimony of Gregorio Condori Mamani, who works as a porter in Cusco, Peru. Despite the huge effort they make everyday for a few coins, porters fall and find death in the streets.

6.5

IMAX Dolphins and Whales: Tribes of the Ocean

Feb 15, 2008

This documentary goes to coral reefs of the Bahamas and the waters of the Kingdom of Tonga for a close encounter with the surviving tribes of the ocean: wild dolphins and belugas, the love of a Humpback mother for her newborn calf, the singing Humpback males, an orca the mighty King of the ocean, and the gentle manatee. Little-known aspects of these creatures capable of sophisticated communication and social interaction. Documents the life of these graceful, majestic yet endangered sea creatures

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