Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache (Pamela B. Green 2018)
-Alice Guy-Blache was a writer, director & producer of more than 200 films & was a pioneer of the French & American film industries, yet she has been forgotten by film fans & scholars alike. Green's stellar documentary looks to change Guy-Blache's status by not only showing clips from many of her stunning films, but also tracing how she was written out of film history though a series of omissions, errors & oversights. She was the head of production for French film leader Gaumont in the early 1900's, not only creating it's studio style, but innovating with the use of close-ups, hand tinting & synchronizing sound. She later moved to the US & created & built her own movie studio, Solax, alongside Paramount & Fox in Fort Smith, NJ, continuing to innovate & expand movie's vernacular. Green's film tells Alice's story from start to finish & should be sought out by any film fan!
-Alice Guy-Blache was a writer, director & producer of more than 200 films & was a pioneer of the French & American film industries, yet she has been forgotten by film fans & scholars alike. Green's stellar documentary looks to change Guy-Blache's status by not only showing clips from many of her stunning films, but also tracing how she was written out of film history though a series of omissions, errors & oversights. She was the head of production for French film leader Gaumont in the early 1900's, not only creating it's studio style, but innovating with the use of close-ups, hand tinting & synchronizing sound. She later moved to the US & created & built her own movie studio, Solax, alongside Paramount & Fox in Fort Smith, NJ, continuing to innovate & expand movie's vernacular. Green's film tells Alice's story from start to finish & should be sought out by any film fan!