americancivilwar — settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:americancivilwar @settima@zirk.us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:02:31 +0200 Amerikai anzix [American Torso] (Gábor Bódy, 1975) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d1w7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Amerikai anzix [American Torso] (Gábor Bódy, 1975)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 12/div div class="occasion" Lincoln born/div div class="img" Amerikai anzix (1975)/div div class="caption" A soldier on a swing set, high up a tree. Other soldiers and civilians look on. Screenshot (and more information) via. DP: István Lugossy./div div class="txt" Yet another [American] Civil War, for Abraham Lincoln's birthday (1809).   Shot as fainted fragments based on an Ambrose Bierce story, and outtakes from Karl Marx's diary, Amerikai anzix (litt. American Postcards) follows Hungarian-American cartographer Fiala, one of many of his countrymen fighting in the American Civil War.   Using a technique described by Bódy as "light editing", the footage looks worn and grimy./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #AmericanCivilWar #GáborBódy #AmbroseBierce #KarlMarx #SándorCsutoros #GyörgyCserhalmi #AndrásFekete #SebőFerenc #IstvánLugossy #ExperimentalFilm #war #biography #diary #BookAdaptation #Hungary #1970s/div /section ]]>

Amerikai anzix [American Torso] (Gábor Bódy, 1975)

Feb

12

Lincoln born

Amerikai anzix (1975)

A soldier on a swing set, high up a tree. Other soldiers and civilians look on. Screenshot (and more information) via. DP: István Lugossy.

Yet another [American] Civil War, for Abraham Lincoln's birthday (1809).

Shot as fainted fragments* based on an Ambrose Bierce story, and outtakes from Karl Marx's diary, Amerikai anzix (litt. American Postcards) follows Hungarian-American cartographer Fiala, one of many of his countrymen fighting in the American Civil War.

*Using a technique described by Bódy as “light editing”, the footage looks worn and grimy.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #AmericanCivilWar #GáborBódy #AmbroseBierce #KarlMarx #SándorCsutoros #GyörgyCserhalmi #AndrásFekete #SebőFerenc #IstvánLugossy #ExperimentalFilm #war #biography #diary #BookAdaptation #Hungary #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d1w7 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0100 The General (Clyde Bruckman + Buster Keaton, 1926) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-general-1926 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The General (Clyde Bruckman + Buster Keaton, 1926)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 8/div div class="occasion" National Oregon Day/div div class="img" The General (1926)/div div class="caption" Johnnie Gray (Keaton) stands on the roof of The General's locomotive while Oregon passes along. DPs: Bert Haines & Devereaux Jennings./div div class="txt" ##### For authenticity reasons, The General was – for the most part – filmed on location in Oregon. Set during the #AmericanCivilWar, it's a comedic retelling of a popular war memoir about the #GreatLocomotiveChase.\ "This girl was in the baggage car when we stole the train, so I thought it best to hold her." ### – Captain Anderson\ ##### Sadly it was a box office #flop, resulting in Keaton losing his independence and his movie entering the #PublicDomain as early as 1954. Luckily for us that means we too can enjoy Oregon beautiful 1920s vistas./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalOregonDay #ClydeBruckman #BusterKeaton #WilliamPittenger #MarionMack #BertHaines #DevereauxJennings #SilentFilm #war #trains #CivilWar #BookAdaptation #Oregon #USA #1920s/div /section ]]>

The General (Clyde Bruckman + Buster Keaton, 1926)

Mar

8

National Oregon Day

The General (1926)

Johnnie Gray (Keaton) stands on the roof of The General's locomotive while Oregon passes along. DPs: Bert Haines & Devereaux Jennings.

For authenticity reasons, The General was – for the most part – filmed on location in Oregon. Set during the #AmericanCivilWar, it's a comedic retelling of a popular war memoir about the #GreatLocomotiveChase.

“This girl was in the baggage car when we stole the train, so I thought it best to hold her.”

– Captain Anderson

Sadly it was a box office #flop, resulting in Keaton losing his independence and his movie entering the #PublicDomain as early as 1954. Luckily for us that means we too can enjoy Oregon beautiful 1920s vistas.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalOregonDay #ClydeBruckman #BusterKeaton #WilliamPittenger #MarionMack #BertHaines #DevereauxJennings #SilentFilm #war #trains #CivilWar #BookAdaptation #Oregon #USA #1920s

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