The Life of General Villa (1914)
- Directed by
- Christy Cabanne, Raoul Walsh
- Genre
- documentary film, drama film, action film, silent film, biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- 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.
How it feels
This silent film follows Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution. It mixes staged drama with real battle footage shot in the middle of the war.
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What happens
The Life of General Villa is a 1914 American silent biographical action–drama film starring Pancho Villa as himself, shot on location during a civil war. The film incorporated both staged scenes and authentic live footage from real battles during the Mexican Revolution, around which the plot of the film revolves. The film was produced by D. W. Griffith and featured future famous director Raoul Walsh as the younger version of Villa. Currently the film is presumably lost, with only unedited fragments and publicity stills known to exist. The making of the film and associated events were dramatized in the film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) with Antonio Banderas starring as Villa and Kyle Chandler playing Walsh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.