A Hundred Years Ago. European Cinema in 1909
Since 2003, the Cineteca di Bologna and its International Festival of Film Archives Il Cinema Ritrovato present annually the programme series A Hundred Years Ago, with the aim of bringing the world and the cinema of 100 years ago into the reality of today. This experimental research project creates, year by year, a history of the cinema in its most varied and dynamic period, using the art of programming as an instrument of interpretation.
Based on the festival programme of 2009, this DVD provides a concise view of the European film production in the year 1909, in 22 surprising, beautiful and hilarious films from nine European Film Archives.
List of films:
• København i sne (1909)
• Un Voyage à toute vapeur (1909)
• Culture et industrie du tabac en Malaisie (1909)
• North Sea Fisheries and Rescue (Joseph Rosenthal, 1909)
• L’industria della carta a Isola del Liri (1909)
• Un Mariage en Auvergne (1909)
• Danse du flambeau (Jules de Froberville, 1909)
• Blériot traverse la Manche en 31 minutes (1909)
• Il primo Giro d’Italia (1909)
• Animated Cotton (Walter R. Booth, 1909)
• Cretinetti paga i debiti (1909)
• Amoureux de la femme à barbe (1909)
• La Femme doit suivre son mari (1909)
• La Fable de Psyché (1909)
• Le Roman d’une bottine et d’un escarpin (Georges Monca, 1909)
• Iulius Caesar (Giovanni Pastrone, 1909)
• Le Moulin maudit (Alfred Machin, 1909)
• Chien jaloux (1909)
• Two Naughty Boys (David Aylott, 1909)
• Les Tribulations d’un charcutier (1909)
• Der Graf von Luxemburg: Mädel klein, Mädel fein (1909)
• Voyage sur Jupiter (Segundo de Chomón, 1909)