Feb 18 2025 58 mins 1
Colin Williamson, Assistant Professor in Cinema Studies at University of Oregon, has wide-ranging interests, including animation, special effects, and media archaeology. With these angles and more in mind, he brings a unique perspective and some myth busting to his standout films of 1903.
Colin is the author of Hidden in Plain Sight: An Archaeology of Magic and the Cinema and the forthcoming Drawn to Nature: American Animation in the Age of Science. He is also currently Associate Editor at Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
Films and resources mentioned:
Colin is the author of Hidden in Plain Sight: An Archaeology of Magic and the Cinema and the forthcoming Drawn to Nature: American Animation in the Age of Science. He is also currently Associate Editor at Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
Films and resources mentioned:
- Electrocuting an Elephant (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
- The Cheese Mites (1903) - F. Martin Duncan
- The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) - Georges Méliès
- Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
- The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
- Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison (1901) - Edwin S. Porter
- The Unclean World (1903) - Cecil Hepworth
- A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
- Blade Runner (1982) - Ridley Scott
- Under the Seas (1907) - Georges Méliès
- Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
- Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
- What Happened in the Tunnel (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
- Life of an American Fireman (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
- Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Louis Lumière
