Australian archive says 1996 pop art-inspired version of Shakespeare was first movie created specifically for the internet
A one-hour, pop art-inspired version of William Shakespeare's Richard III by the Australian director Philippe Mora, has been hailed by Australia's National Film and Sound Archive (Nfsa) as the first movie ever created specifically for the internet – uploaded and shared online in 1996.
The master tape and a sheaf of documents in which senior Apple executives discuss the film, sent at the time by post from the company's Cupertino, California headquarters, were found in Mora's private collection in Los Angeles and given to the Nfsa in Canberra in May.
Mora's film, featuring 20 actors, mostly friends who worked for free, was shot on Betacam with Walter Bal, operator on Francois Truffaut's Day for Night. The cost of the experiment – Us$50,000 – was met by Peter Sterling, a New Zealand mining expert and internet entrepreneur.
Nfsa...
A one-hour, pop art-inspired version of William Shakespeare's Richard III by the Australian director Philippe Mora, has been hailed by Australia's National Film and Sound Archive (Nfsa) as the first movie ever created specifically for the internet – uploaded and shared online in 1996.
The master tape and a sheaf of documents in which senior Apple executives discuss the film, sent at the time by post from the company's Cupertino, California headquarters, were found in Mora's private collection in Los Angeles and given to the Nfsa in Canberra in May.
Mora's film, featuring 20 actors, mostly friends who worked for free, was shot on Betacam with Walter Bal, operator on Francois Truffaut's Day for Night. The cost of the experiment – Us$50,000 – was met by Peter Sterling, a New Zealand mining expert and internet entrepreneur.
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- 8/29/2013
- by Paola Totaro
- The Guardian - Film News
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