Les Malheurs de Charles Tait

Overview

Les Malheurs de Charles Tait reveals the ravages of time on the print of the film The Story of the Kelly Gang , considered by some to be the first feature-length fiction film in the history of cinema, which Charles Tait shot in 1906. (I use the conditional tense because there is doubt about the film's duration: only fragments survive, and its exact length is unknown.) By selecting and slowing down the most damaged parts of the Australian filmmaker's film, I have managed to create an object with abstract forms and, paradoxically, to breathe new life into a major work of art.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 28, 2018

Original language

French

Countries

France

Director

Gérard Courant

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt9049688