
S13E1 - 1911 E1 - The Feature Begins?
Published: March 4, 2026
Duration: 4:40
1911 really feels like the beginning of the feature film. Oh sure, it didn’t suddenly define the output of the global film industry, but ambitious experiments from Italy, Denmark, Russia, and only very tentatively, America, sat alongside narrative, as well as plenty of non-narrative, successes and intriguing failures in the short form.
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Films mentioned:
L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De LiguoroL’Odissea (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De LiguoroThe Black Dream (1911) - Urban GadThe Girl Behind the Co...
Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five for 1911!
Films mentioned:
L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De LiguoroL’Odissea (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De LiguoroThe Black Dream (1911) - Urban GadThe Girl Behind the Co...