This is the first known/preserved animated film (Lotte Reiniger, Germany, 1926)
and a striking example of popular Orientalism in early Modernism as well.
Archive for film history
“The Adventures of Prince Ahmed”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags animated film, cinematography, film, film history, Germany, Lotte Reiniger, Orientalism, Prinz Achmed on 19 February 2013 by delclemFilmset: Vienna
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Achim Zeilmann, Austria, film history, Roland Weixlgartner, Vienna on 3 December 2011 by delclem
“Star detective Sherlock Holmes undergoing psychoanalysis, James Bond in a fever of romance, and an original imperial crown as a prop. All of this is possible in Vienna. In their guidebook with a difference entitled Drehort Wien, German journalist Achim Zeilmann and his co-author Roland Weixlgartner take a cinema tour of Vienna highlighting twenty-six films that have been shot there.”
Article & photo (c) wieninternational.at, 2011
Hedy Lamarr: inventor & movie star
Posted in Uncategorized with tags America, Austria, film history, film star, Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood, inventions, Vienna on 30 November 2011 by delclem
The Austrian-born American diva Hedy Lamarr “was feted for her beauty — but she also had a talent for inventions, including elements of today’s GPS.”
Article by Peter Conradi (c) THE SUNDAY TIMES, 2011
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