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Category Archives: Film
A 1929 Cartoon
A 1929 Cartoon Explains How ‘Talkies’ Work By Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg http://www.theatlantic.com/video/archive/2012/01/finding-his-voice-1929/251929/ Jan 24 2012, 4:13 PM ET Once upon a time, synchronized sound in movies was still new and exciting. Finding His Voice, a cartoon starring two rolls of film named Talkie and Mutie, illustrates that process. In the course of Mutie’s quest to get [...]
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Tagged Early Day Cartoons, History of animation, History of cartoons, Talkies
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The Man Who Inspired Jobs
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR By CHRISTOPHER BONANOS Published: October 7, 2011 source http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/opinion/the-man-who-inspired-jobs.html?_r=1# October 7, 2011 The Man Who Inspired Jobs By CHRISTOPHER BONANOS IN the memorials to Steven P. Jobs this week, Apple’s co-founder was compared with the world’s great inventor-entrepreneurs: Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell. Yet virtually none of the obituaries mentioned the man [...]
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Tagged Apple’s co-founder, Edwin Land bio, History of Polaroid, Instant photography, Polaroid, Polaroid Instant Camera, Steve Job's hero, Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs's bio, Steven P. Jobs
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The First True Animation: Celebrating Winsor McCay
By Maria Popova A short silent film from 1911, Little Nemo, contains the seeds of one of the 20th century’s defining storytelling techniques Cartoonist and artist Winsor McCay (1869-1964) is often considered the father of true animation, pioneering the drawn image in film and influencing iconic creators for generations to come, from Walt Disney to Moebius to [...]