"The Story of the Kelly Gang," (Charles Tait, 1906, Australia) is generally
believed to be the world's first 'feature length' film (~70 minutes), although
only scratchy fragments of it exist today.

Olivia.


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Olivia Khoo
School of Theatre, Film and Dance
University of New South Wales
Sydney
AUSTRALIA 2052
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Quoting Scott Andrew Hutchins <[log in to unmask]>:

> What was the first film to have a running time of approximately 2 hours?  The
> earliest one I know of is _The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays_ (1908), which no
> longer exists.  It was a presentation that ran about 3 hours, 2 of which was
> film.  Are there any earlier than this?
>
> Scott Andrew Hutchins
>
> Examine The Life of Timon of Athens at Cracks in the Fourth Wall Theatre &
> Filmworks
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/scottandrewh
>
> "In today's world, we're always forced to do what is insisted by others.  But
> why should money determine what we do in life... or what we are... or what we
> become?  Even the rapport of our true relationships?"--Jean-Luc Godard, _Le
> Mépris_.
>
>
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> Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite
> http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite
>

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Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite
http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite