A film, movie, or motion picture is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and sometimes feature other sensory stimuli.
Films are produced by recording people and objects with cameras or by creating them using animation techniques and special effects. They comprise a series of individual frames, but when these images are shown rapidly in succession, the illusion of motion is seen by the viewer. Flickering between frames is not noticeable due to an effect traditionally known as persistence of vision, and now more specifically known as flicker fusion, whereby the visual system processes a sufficiently fast succession of pictures and interruptions into a steady image of averaged brightness. (Full article...)
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Shot on location at an orphanage and two factories in central Java, Panggilan Darah was a modest commercial success in the Indies and Singapore. Its soundtrack, which featured nine kroncong songs, received popular acclaim, and the film's acting received critical praise. Despite this success, Oriental was unable to recoup its expenses, and merged into Multi Film soon afterwards. Panggilan Darah, which was screened as late as 1952, may now be lost. (Portal:Film/Featured content)
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Image 5Theater ticket sales revenue has declined since the mid-2010s. Theater revenue did not fully recover from declines during the COVID-19 pandemic when many theaters were closed. (from Film industry)
Image 15Don Juan is the first feature-length film to use the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, though it has no spoken dialogue. (from History of film)
Image 16London IMAX has the largest cinema screen in Britain with a total screen size of 520 m2. (from Film industry)
Image 18The Babelsberg Studio near Berlin, the earliest large-scale film studio complex (founded 1912). Today its one of the major film studios worldwide. (from History of film)
Image 28Flying pelican captured by Marey around 1882. He created a method of recording several phases of movement superimposed into one photograph (from History of film technology)
Image 36The Babelsberg Studio near Berlin was the first large-scale film studio in the world (founded 1912) and the forerunner to Hollywood. It still produces global blockbusters every year. (from Film industry)
Dietrich was known for her humanitarian efforts during World War II, housing German and French exiles, providing financial support and advocating their American citizenship. For her work on improving morale on the front lines during the war, she received various honors from the United States, France, Belgium, and Israel. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female screen legend of classic Hollywood cinema. (Full article...)
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Vijay in 2018 at the Nadigar SangamProtest Vijay is an Indian actor, playback singer, and politician who works in Tamil cinema and who is currently the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. He made his cinematic debut in 1984 with Vetri, directed by his father, S. A. Chandrasekhar. After appearing in Chandrasekhar's films as a child artist, Vijay made his debut as a lead actor with Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) at the age of 18. He followed it with a role opposite Vijayakanth in Senthoorapandi (1993). Vijay went on to play lead roles in his father's directorial ventures such as Rasigan (1994), Deva (1995) and Vishnu (1995). Most of those films were successful commercially.
Oppenheimer had its world premiere at Le Grand Rex in Paris on July 11, 2023, followed by the British premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London on July 13, and the American premiere at AMC Lincoln Square 13 in New York City on July 17. The film was released theatrically in the United States, the United Kingdom, and most other countries on July 21 by Universal Pictures. Its concurrent release with Warner Bros's Barbie was the catalyst for the "Barbenheimer" phenomenon, encouraging audiences to see both films as a double feature. In Japan, the film did not get released until March 29, 2024, after getting picked up by Japanese distributor Bitters End in December 2023. Produced on a budget of $100million, Oppenheimer grossed $975million worldwide, going on to become the third-highest-grossing film of 2023, the highest-grossing biographical film of all time, the highest-grossing World War II-related film of all time, and the then second-highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, behind Joker. Oppenheimer received widespread critical acclaim, with particular praise for its screenplay, performances and production values. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 93% based on 513 reviews, making it the platform's best-reviewed movie of 2023. (Full article...)
Made on a budget between ₹170 million (US$1.8million) and ₹180 million (US$1.9million), The Dirty Picture was released worldwide on 2 December 2011, and earned ₹1.14 billion (US$12million). The film garnered awards and nominations in several categories, with particular praise for Vidya's performance, the dialogues, and the costume design by Niharika Khan. As of 2012, the film has won 51 awards. (Full article...)
Dharma Productions' first release came in 1980 with the Raj Khosla–directed Dostana, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha and Zeenat Aman, which was a commercial success. However, their subsequent releases, Duniya (1984) and Muqaddar Ka Faisla (1987) performed poorly at the box office. Their first release of the 1990s, the Bachchan-starring thriller Agneepath (1990) garnered critical acclaim but was a commercial failure. The company's next releases were the thriller Gumrah (1993) and the comedy Duplicate (1998), both directed by Mahesh Bhatt. In 1998, Yash Johar's son, Karan Johar made his directorial debut with the romantic drama Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji and Salman Khan. The film was the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1998, and established Dharma Productions as a leading production company in India. Their subsequent releases, the ensemble family drama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), and the romantic comedy-drama Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) and the musical romantic drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), all starring Shah Rukh Khan, were top-grossing Hindi films in domestic and overseas markets. (Full article...)
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Suriya in 2011
Suriya is an Indian actor and film producer who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He made a commercially successful cinematic debut in Vasanth's Nerrukku Ner (1997). After few critical and commercial failures, Suriya collaborated with Vasanth again in Poovellam Kettuppar (1999), his first film with his future wife Jyothika.
In 2001, Suriya starred in Bala's Nandhaa as an ex-convict trying to find his place in society. The film was critically acclaimed and became a turning point in his career. His roles as a police officer in Gautham Vasudev Menon's Kaakha Kaakha (which became his first blockbuster) and a con artist in Bala's Pithamagan, established him as one of Tamil cinema's leading actors. Suriya's performances in both films were praised, winning him a Best Actor nomination for the former and the Best Supporting Actor for Pithamagan at the 51st Filmfare Awards South. The following year, he played dual roles—a hunchback and a college student—in Perazhagan. Suriya's performance was again praised, and he received his first Filmfare Best Actor award. He was also acclaimed for his performance as a student leader in Mani Ratnam's Aayutha Ezhuthu (2004). (Full article...)
A film, movie, or motion picture is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and sometimes feature other sensory stimuli.
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Image 1Poster for the 1956 Egyptian film Wakeful Eyes starring Salah Zulfikar and Shadia (from History of film)
Image 2The first two shots of As Seen Through a Telescope (1900), with the telescope POV simulated by the circular mask (from History of film)
Image 4A.E. Smith filming The Bargain Fiend in the Vitagraph Studios in 1907. Arc floodlights hang overhead. (from History of film)
Image 5Theater ticket sales revenue has declined since the mid-2010s. Theater revenue did not fully recover from declines during the COVID-19 pandemic when many theaters were closed. (from Film industry)
Image 6William Friese-Greene (from Film industry)
Image 7GIF animation from retouched pictures of The Horse in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge (1879). (from History of film technology)
Image 9Discounted DVD home video film releases sold in the Netherlands (from Film industry)
Image 11Czermak's 1855 Stereophoroskop (from History of film technology)
Image 13Nestor studio, 1911 (from Film industry)
Image 15Don Juan is the first feature-length film to use the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, though it has no spoken dialogue. (from History of film)
Image 16London IMAX has the largest cinema screen in Britain with a total screen size of 520 m2. (from Film industry)
Image 17Cinema admissions in 1995 (from History of film)
Image 18The Babelsberg Studio near Berlin, the earliest large-scale film studio complex (founded 1912). Today its one of the major film studios worldwide. (from History of film)
Image 21Original script from the 1989 film Batman (from History of film)
Image 22Oskar Messter (from History of film)
Image 24Off Plus Camera Film Festival in Kraków, 2012, with Andrzej Seweryn, Daniel Olbrychski, and Wojciech Pszoniak on stage. (from Film industry)
Image 28Flying pelican captured by Marey around 1882. He created a method of recording several phases of movement superimposed into one photograph (from History of film technology)
Image 32A frame from the Lumière brothers staged comedy film, L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895) (from History of film)
Image 38An electrotachyscope(from History of film technology)
Image 39Italian neorealist movie Bicycle Thieves (1948) by Vittorio De Sica, considered part of the canon of classic cinema (from History of film)
![Image 42Louis Poyet [fr]'s engraving of the mechanism of the "fusil photographique" as published in La Nature (April 1882) (from History of film technology)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Fusil_photographique_Marey2.png/120px-Fusil_photographique_Marey2.png)
Image 42Louis Poyet's engraving of the mechanism of the "fusil photographique" as published in La Nature (April 1882) (from History of film technology)
Image 43The Jazz Singer (1927), was the first full-length film with synchronized sound. (from History of film technology)
Image 44Publicity still for the Egyptian film My Wife, the Director General (1966) (from Film industry)
Image 45Cinématographe Lumière at the Institut Lumière. Lyon, France (from History of film technology)
Image 47Animated GIF of Prof. Stampfer's Stroboscopische Scheibe No. X (Trentsensky & Vieweg 1833) (from History of film technology)
Image 48Max Skladanowsky (right) in 1934 with his brother Eugen and the Bioscop (from History of film technology)
Image 49A scene from Raja Harishchandra (1913) – credited as the first full-length Indian motion picture. (from Film industry)
Image 50A surviving two-color-component image from the first Technicolor feature film, The Gulf Between (1917) (from History of film technology)
Image 51A production scene from the 1950 Hollywood film Julius Caesar starring Charlton Heston (from History of film)
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