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  1. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2019)

    Director
    Bill Morrison
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 121 minutes), £10.76

    Named as one of the best films of 2017 by more than 100 critics worldwide, this film tells the true story of a long-lost collection of over 500 nitrate film prints dating from the early 1900s found buried in...

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  2. Final Reel, The (2016)

    aka: The Final Reel: The Story of Our Love Affairs with Cinemas

    Director
    Jonathan Blagrove
    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £10.99

    From the early days of silent cinema, through the golden age of the picture palace to the modern multiplexes and beyond, this documentary takes an affectionate and entertaining look at Britain’s obsession...

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  3. Story of Film, The: An Odyssey (2012)

    Director
    Mark Cousins
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 915 minutes), £19.99

    A 15-part television series on international cinema told through the history of cinematic innovation. Written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Mark Cousins, he shows us how filmmakers have been...

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  4. Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)

    Director
    Giles Penso
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 97 minutes), £17.99

    Documentary which looks at the life, career and influence of Ray Harryhausen, a man deemed the grandfather of stop-motion animation. Famous for his work on films such as JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963) and...

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  5. Histoire(S) Du Cinema (2008)

    Director
    Jean-Luc Godard
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 260 minutes), £34.99

    In the this 3-DVD volume HISTOIRE(S) DU CINEMA, consisting of eight episodes made between 1988 and 1998, Jean-Luc Godard examines many of cinemas most important facets, including its birth, the emergence of...

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  6. Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (2006)

    Director
    Charles Musser
    Subject
    Film Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 58 minutes), £15.99

    A detailed documentary on the genesis of early cinema, focusing on one of the craft’s most ingenious pioneers, Edwin S Porter. The film is based on the research of the leading scholar of early American...

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  7. Ray Harryhausen - The Early Years (2006)

    Subject
    Film Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 233 minutes), 19.99

    For over half a century Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired filmmakers with his innovative special effects and stop-motion animation. This collection brings together a selection of his early and...

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  8. Retour de Flamme: The Fabulous Days of the Early Cinema (6 Vols) (2006)

    Subject
    Film Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150, 125, 135, 165, 150 minutes), £19.99 each

    Each volume consists of a compilation of early, short films. Originally shot on inflammable nitrate stock the films have now been restored and made generally available. Vol 1 includes: ‘Leaving The...

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  9. R.W. Paul - The Collected Films 1895-1908 (2006)

    aka: R.W. Paul - The Complete Surviving Films 1895-1908

    Director
    Robert W Paul
    Subject
    Film Studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 148 minutes), £14.99

    Robert W Paul is justly celebrated as the leading pioneer of British film and one of the founders of world cinema. This collection of 62 films brings together for the first time the collected output of R W...

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  10. Media Magica Series (6 Parts) (2005)

    Subject
    Media studies; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, various), £15.99 each part

    MEDIA MAGICA is a series of six DVDs on the world of pre-cinema - the magic of creating an illusion of movement and ‘writing with light’ - produced by German filmmaker and researcher Werner Nekes. The...

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