Movie #2

Movie: The Great Train Robbery, 1903
Directed by: Edwin S Porter
Found at: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/papr:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(edmp+2443s3))+@field(COLLID+edison)) which is the Library of Congress's website as said on the Wikipedia website.

This is arguably the very first Western film. It's about 12 scenes of a train robbery and is a silent film. The book explains how it's very narrative which was new at the time.

The ending has one of the characters firing rounds at the camera. Pretty interesting and I'm sure very captivating for 1903.

*The book notes that one argument against The Great Train Robbery being the first Western film is a film in 1899 called Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene which you can find at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh7Wkmn7vEk However revolutionary that film may have been I can see the argument that The Great Train Robbery is much more narrative whereas the Cripple Creek Scene is 46 seconds of a drunk man being escorted out of a bar scene. Any thoughts on the argument?