1897 - Film Explodes Metaphorically and also Literally

What this episode covers

Spiritualism! Piracy! Towering infernos! War! X-Rays! And the film explosion around the world! Must be 1897, where we had a LOT of movies to talk about. We have a Youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZpdDX1v_OQshSldA4Sy78A], where you can find playlists containing all the movies we talk about, plus a twitter and facebook which you can find at linktr.ee/1w1y [https://linktr.ee/1w1y] Playlist of the films discussed [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha] --- A catastrophic disaster, and more importantly, my projectionist nightmare --- The 1897 Charity Bazaar Fire [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazar_de_la_Charit%C3%A9] Bonfire of Destiny trailer (2019) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gj2JqQT5C4&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=2] --- Georges Méliès, whomst everyone desperately desires to imitate --- The Haunted Castle [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nudGYB4pfZ4&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=2] The Last Cartridges [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amptVbY11KA&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=3] (The Painting, Les Dernières Cartouches [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe_de_Neuville_-_Les_derni%C3%A8res_cartouches_%281873%29.jpg]) Surrender of Tournavos [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0v4N538t5M&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=4] Between Calais and Dover [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Wv-5UIPLA&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=5] Sea Combat in Greece [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd-xiCNQAEU&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=6] On the Roofs [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtq442O7PFU&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=7] The Bewitched Inn [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP49ep-eTLw&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=8] --- Voyeuristic Tendencies --- After the Ball [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52OEfnU29H0&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=9] Pillow Fight [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjcpnHq0MQQ&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=10] / Seminary Girls [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-8NNDpqavo&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=11] Through the Keyhole, (actually from 1901) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2o_uatWTE4&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=12] --- George Albert Smith, Britain's answer to Méliès --- The X Ray Fiend [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gMCkFRMJQQ&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=13] Old Man Drinking a Glass of Beer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrRKm_V0lZU&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=14] Miller and the Sweep [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKkeEUzdGV8&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=15] --- Alice Guy-Blaché's earliest surviving films --- "Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché" (2019) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iH1sKdwi9k&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=16] At the Hypnotist's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHNYjzM3hik&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=17] On the Roofs [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfv1CEbCoMg&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=18] Bathing in a Stream [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgQ0Du57jXk&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=19] The Fisherman at the Stream [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUR4pb-bNQA&list=PLbjWmIpd1WtoUGOHHk3uwPU0j4Jz2nCha&index=20] -