Life of Villa (1912)

Directed by

Christy Cabanne

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This silent documentary shows Pancho Villa and his fight to overthrow the Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz during the Mexican Revolution. Some scenes were reenacted after the actual events.

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What happens

Life of Villa is a 1912 silent war documentary set during the Mexican Revolution. Though some scenes are re-enacted after it happened, the movie is a real documentary on the struggle of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to overthrow dictator Porfirio Díaz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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