Here is some trivia about the film:
- The film uses simple editing techniques (each scene is a single shot) and the story is mostly linear (with only a few "meanwhile" moments) but it represents a significant step in movie making, being one of the first "narrative" movies.
- The final shot of a gun being fired toward the camera had a profound effect on audiences. As cinema was in its infancy, many people who saw the film thought that they were actually about to be shot.
- The film was originally distributed with a note saying that the famous shot of the bandit firing his gun at the camera could be placed either at the beginning or at the end of the film. All known prints put it at the end.
- The original camera negative still exists in excellent condition. The Library of Congress, who holds it, can still make new prints.
I still don't get why you couldn't hear any dialog from the charters. I mean if they had Radio before TV then how you hear dialog on a Radio and not on a TV. It still pretty cool that they were able to actually make a whole movie in a single shot instead of having more than one shot. It is also cool that they were able to make a cool Western with crappy cameras and when today's westerns are made state of the art cameras and crappy westerns about cowboys vs aliens.
ReplyDeleteRadio before TV, but silent movies before radio.
ReplyDeleteOh,that makes more sense.
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