"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. ___________________________ Olivia Khoo School of Theatre, Film and Dance University of New South Wales Sydney AUSTRALIA 2052 [log in to unmask] 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_. > > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite > ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite