Nitrate Base
This documentary celebrates the 100th anniversary of the cinema birth. It is an historic running through the technical and artistic evolution of the 7th art. We move from mute to sound, from B&W to color, trough all the genders (musical, Lyric, politic...). Beside it we have a kind of resume of the historic contest in which cinema lived till now, events and movements (neo-realism, classical etc.). All the aspects are taken in consideration: fashion, star system till the end, the sad end, of cinema in the theaters.
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Nitrate Base
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 29, 1997
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Documentary, Comedy
User Score
59%
Original Title
Nitrato d'argento
Production Companies
Audifilm, Salomé, ASP, Eurimages, Canal+, CNC, Magyar Televízió Müvelödési Föszerkesztöség (MTV), RAI
Director
Marco Ferreri
Description
This documentary celebrates the 100th anniversary of the cinema birth. It is an historic running through the technical and artistic evolution of the 7th art. We move from mute to sound, from B&W to color, trough all the genders (musical, Lyric, politic...). Beside it we have a kind of resume of the historic contest in which cinema lived till now, events and movements (neo-realism, classical etc.). All the aspects are taken in consideration: fashion, star system till the end, the sad end, of cinema in the theaters.
