tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418250904027917656.post-64327837013661561922008-07-15T00:00:00.000-06:002008-09-10T21:11:53.636-06:00Produced by Edwin S. Porter and released by the Edison company in 1903, <i>The Great Train Robbery</i> is regarded as a watershed in silent film. Though Europeans like Georges Méliès had been experimenting with narrative film for some time before it, <i>The Great Train Robbery</i> is heralded as one of the first major films to step outside the simple documentary record of everyday events to tell a contrived story. It is also notable for stringing this narrative through more elaborate transitions, editing and on-set moving camera work than had been seen in previous "tableau" style pictures. These make <i>The Great Train Robbery</i> one of the indispensible films of American cinema history, and I hope you enjoy its full 12 minute feature length presentation here... <br /><br /><center><embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-7949193416885414135&hl=en-CA" flashvars=""> </embed></center>Cory Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141983255020503557noreply@blogger.com