The History of Film

By: Jacob Aschieris
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  • A (mostly) chronological exploration of international film history. Each episode is a deep dive into the history of the people, events, technologies, cultural forces, and most all the movies that have molded cinema into what it is today! Join host Jacob Aschieris and other listeners for an in depth, thoughtful listening experience, and learn why no story ever written for the screen is as dramatic as the story of the screen itself!
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  • 1- Cinema's Earliest Prehistory

    1- Cinema's Earliest Prehistory
    Jun 19 2020

    The foundations of cinema from cave paintings to the invention of the chronophotographic gun. Visit the show's website at historyoffilmpodcast.com. If you want to get in touch, I would love to hear from you! My email is, predictably, historyoffilmpodcast@gmail.com. Audio from movies are used here as transitions, to spice up the show and to remind us where the show is going; clips are from Casablanca (1942), The Maltese Falcon (1941),  and Rushmore (1999). 

    Jake from the future here! Edgar Degas is not a filmmaker he is a painter. I misread the book I was using when I referenced this. If we do, for some reason, talk about Degas, it will not be in the context of filmmaking, because he... wasn't a filmmaker.
    Yours,
    -Jake
    12 April 2021

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  • 2- Cinema's Artistic Antecedents

    2- Cinema's Artistic Antecedents
    Jul 7 2020

    Cinema was not born of void. Earlier inventions, including, but not limited to, the magic lantern, diorama theater, the photograph, and vaudeville contributed to what went on in front of the camera in the earliest days of film history. Visit the show's website, historyoffilmpodcast.com for show notes, and contact me at historyoffilmpodcast@gmail.com. Enjoy the show!
    I am using soundbites for movies as transitions, reminders of what this is all leading up to, and for my enjoyment (I hope yours too). Once we reach sound film, these clips will be relevant to the topic at hand, I promise. In this episode, these clips are:
    The Maltese Falcon (1941)
    The Wizard of Oz (1939)
    They Live (1988)
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

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  • 3- The Birth of Cinema

    3- The Birth of Cinema
    Jul 18 2020

    Kodak, Edison, and Dixon are introduced, as are their first roles in the story of film history. Next week we cover movies they made.
    I use movie clips as transitions in this show. Once we reach sound film, all the clips will be very pertinent, but for now, it is just for the joy of movies and as a reminder of where we are eventually headed. This week the movies were:
    Iron Man (2008)
    Sabrina     (1954)
    Jaws     (1975)
    Brining up Baby     (1938)
    If you want to contact me, please email me at historyoffilmpodcast@gmail.com, and visit the show's website: historyoffilmpodcast.com.
    Happy listening and I will see you next week!

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Accessible film history

Thoroughly researched, presented with passion. Look forward to each and every episode. Very enjoyable listening.

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Both broad and deep treatment of early cinema

Objective yet gently opinionated history will have you looking up the rare gems discussed.

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