Hard Knocks Film School
Welcome to Hard Knocks Film School. This podcast is based on an ambitious chronological film list created by your hosts, Chloe and Tim. Starting from the birth of the art form, we will attempt to understand and appreciate each film, hopefully learning some film history along the way. Opening music by Ian Mahoney-Hoover
Episodes
Electric Edwardians:
https://youtu.be/oTf9o_mIE4I?si=o5N1jOqWGv-PCQZC
The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon: https://youtu.be/adO9fkaGCKI?si=ON_UJRDnDc99gIZZ
The Little Match Seller:
https://youtu.be/mfy4xSYCMBs?si=yu8U5KJXnkKPn99y
Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show:
https://youtu.be/UHQPUlB6SRM?si=-5r9VBQr-I2dW6UV
Edwin S Porter’s Jack and the Beanstalk:
https://youtu.be/efAK...
A Trip to the Moon (Billy Brass Quintet Version): https://youtu.be/ZNAHcMMOHE8?si=tW3zly3qxMW_A29F
The Big Swallow: https://youtu.be/I5XJjvlydck?si=8VNybH117QZAoBKE
Fire!: https://youtu.be/57SrYj32vmE?si=WslNQ2ZYpq_RhHDB
What is Seen Through a Keyhole: https://youtu.be/BPQxQFHRwlA?si=1rmNbRgDyFKVf_TA
History of a Crime: https://youtu.be/ucyE9GT1R_E?si=YK29K1APj1tOgWYy
History of a Crime featured in Hereditary (2018): https://youtu.be/avt8WheiUP4?si=AWOSHEvksSb6QcZM
Scrooge, or Marley’...
The Man With the Rubber Head: https://youtu.be/lgpWtyT1nxM?si=XG17yyHUMbcrCu9h
Blue Beard: https://youtu.be/7c7pcxnakzE?si=SDrs1OPghwA4Y4VH
Blue Beard colorized by Skynet: https://youtu.be/7u3RyRRQcqQ?si=LzDQbWYfKs0piZbT
- Uncle Josh’s Nightmare : https://youtu.be/KkSqKmUhZH8?si=_4AVDu7xOG4mG-5x
- Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel : https://youtu.be/8ZrATNzuksQ?si=PJvifqBU18ThlXvS
- Let Me Dream Again : https://youtu.be/MNBMMQbg2-E?si=sRzkJurv0cclzyG5
- Grandma’s Reading Glass : https://youtu.be/07c897Eeuyc?si=EB8lFPBqFOPt7rvi
- Attack on a China Mission : https://youtu.be/LGKs13BH3ys?si=61W8jKgVY89xnllf
The One Man Band (1900): https://youtu.be/iOLw8V0AIHY?si=nA901iV5bSE0X2xw
The Sultan’s Dream (1900): https://youtu.be/qRIIIDqkny0?si=xIL_-TN_R0GGFlPI
A Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900):
https://youtu.be/gFDjpr48oEw?si=yAr_WZCCpGRUQehd
Jeanne d’Arc (1900): https://youtu.be/aDf8ixdipqw?si=IdmHH0xYGeixiAhU
How it Feels to Be Run Over (1900) - https://youtu.be/6I6jtfNU1iE?si=gn9d74gIo-chKURa
The Delights of Automobiling (1900) - https://youtu.be/wTEQTHLkTxc?si=ilbaXOtp166rdoay
Pierrette’s Escapades - https://youtu.be/47qRYJVIl9k?si=mPapkbUFi21oMjZe
La Fée Aux Choux - https://youtu.be/2kLCaP-AxGk?si=V_Z_uOLWnkjcrUgl
The Enchanted Drawing - https://youtu.be/pe7HSnZotbU?si=rsqPiPYEqlRX8NqP
A farewell to the nineteenth century
Momijigari (1899) - https://youtu.be/72dn9qZ3q2U?si=UfMEPg6dfIytxLAa
Momijigari (play with explainer) - https://youtu.be/k8K4DQmbQwE?si=tBhWm4gVbOthwlXg
King John (1899) - https://youtu.be/060wmUF9jt4?si=_FC2hVWkDlW3W4-f
Kidnapping by Indians (1899) - https://youtu.be/RBqye5EeujI?si=A8iS67cWgmWSmgOq
Cinderella (1899) - https://youtu.be/s1hzP9yzb_U?si=XshBU41V-rU3qvuf
The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897) - https://youtu.be/l2CtKIpNmNM?si=ykZH0gg16uzw7Opl
Leaving Jerusalem by Rail (1897) - https://youtu.be/OhYLtLouWSA?si=kQMQEM112JTZNFYX
Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee (1897) - https://youtu.be/pTG9NJTZFKk?si=0RC-4LL3mDrXbUVn
The Haverstraw Tunnel (1897) - https://youtu.be/cKcrVNH-MXg?si=8bWZYuT_cGTbIpRy
The X-Rays (1897) - https://youtu.be/3gMCkFRMJQQ?si=yBbl...
La Fée aux Choux (1896) - https://youtu.be/2kLCaP-AxGk?si=Mv-qvpYNerIk0Uek
The Kiss (1896) - https://youtu.be/twq4XwHplMY?si=Q2aOA391Yx6Obt0j
The House of the Devil (1896) - https://youtu.be/qt0w2qP6REg?si=3EWncu6ZQNpTv6J_
The Card Party (1896) - https://youtu.be/s-jH0K9OC1s?si=II9uP1R_jMl2sT8m
Description coming soon…
Welcome to 1895! This is an exciting year for film—competition is ramping up to master the art of the moving picture.
Two sets of brothers would ultimately win this race—the Lumiére brothers and the Skladanowsky brothers.
This week we’ll be discussing where and when these first film showings took place, and, more importantly, we discussed the films that were viewed on this historical days.
Das Wintergartenprogra...
Welcome back to Hard Knocks Film School!
This week it’s 1894 and the lucky few with working cameras are figuring out what to point them at.
Get ready for brief vaudeville routines, questionable dances, and scantily-clad boxing. They did their best.
Professor Welton’s Boxing Cats - https://youtu.be/6qre61opE_g?si=Mr8vJmOuuPAaAEYn
Annie Oakley - https://youtu.be/dQSTSNq5dOM?si=WEhMIf-SHI4r_Eby<...
This week Chloe and Tim are discussing the earliest surviving animated films by Charles-Émile Reynaud, the construction of Thomas Edison’s Black Maria, and our first Side Watch: The Magic Box (1951).
Pauvre Pierrot (Poor Pete) (1892) -
https://youtu.be/426mqlB-kAY?si=Kzjk7I6QoxhaiF7p
Autour d’une Cabine (1894) - https://youtu.be/A5MXcxaRXNc?si=h4I_v6EJslXua4Bf
The Magic Box (1951) - https://youtu.be...
Welcome back to Hard Knocks Film School!
This week we will be discussing the few surviving films from 1889 to 1891, when the “moving pictures” were still busy being invented. What survives from this period are experimental films or “actualités”.
New characters arriving on the scene this week are Wordsworth Donisthorpe, William Friese-Greene, and William K Dickson.
Links to stuff we talked about:
Welcome to Hard Knocks Film School! In this podcast we're exploring the history and highlights of film chronologically.
In our first episode we're discussing the "missing link" between photography and film, Eadweard Muybridge, Louis Le Prince, and the Roundhay Garden Scene from 1888.
The First Film (2015) - https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thefirstfilm
Man Walking Around a Corner (1887) - ht...
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