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HORIZONS EAST, or, a dialogue on the Japanese silent cinema, its themes, forms and influences, by ALEXANDER JACOBY

This feature was originally published in Collegium Papers – 3.  We reprint it now as an informative and highly readable introduction to silent Japanese cinema, which will be the main presentation at the 24th Giornate del Cinema Muto(Pordenone Silent Film Festival), October 8-15 2005, at the Teatro Verdi, Pordenone.

REDISCOVERING THE ABBE’S TREASURE. The story of the greatest collection of early films, with news of some current projects to explore it.

DVD review of: EDISON: THE INVENTION OF THE MOVIES by Gabriel Paltetz