January 2018 – William Friese-Greene & Me

Old School vs New School

11 Jan 2018

These two contrasting books about William Friese-Greene came through my letterbox this week. In the Blue Corner we have “Close-up of an Inventor” from 1948, written (under a pseudonym) by Muriel Forth, a journalist for women’s magazines . Conspicuous by its absence is any section at the back which explains what her sources were. This … More Old School vs New School

That Eureka Moment – 4

3 Jan 2018

To some it would have been the most boring place in the world, but to me it was Aladdin’s Cave. It was March 1996 and I was in the deepest, dimly-lit reaches of the astonishingly extensive archives of the Cinémathèque Française. My guide down these subterranean corridors of cinematic archaeology was the relatively recently-appointed new … More That Eureka Moment – 4

William Friese-Greene & Me

Casting new light on William Friese-Greene and other pioneers of early cinema

Month: January 2018

Old School vs New School

That Eureka Moment – 4