David Bianculli on the Birth of Cinema
Winner of the 2015 New York Emmy Award in the Historical/Cultural category.
The motion picture industry exploded in the 1890s -- especially in New Jersey. Fort Lee was the Hollywood of the era -- the original studio system. Film had evolved from an experiment in a lab, to a novelty item, to big business. California has since taken the spotlight, but New Jersey remains a prominent feature in our media landscape -- and the public imagination.
To keep all of this history straight, David Bianculli -- founder of the popular blog TV Worth Watching, longtime contributor to NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and a New Jersey resident -- gathered together a panel of his fellow critics to chronicle New Jersey-based-or-focused film and television for the official NJ350 website. We spoke with him at WHYY in Philadelphia, where Fresh Air is produced.
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