Monday, June 25, 2012

The Great Train Robbery (1903)

Edison Film
Directed by Edwin S. Porter
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, VCI Entertainment)

Historically significant but otherwise forgettable 10-minute short about bandits who rob a train. Technical "innovations" include horizontal movement of characters and flashy editing such as cross-cutting, both taken for granted for over a century, so you probably won't even notice. However, there is that ending!

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