Documentary backdrop image for Playback (1995)

Documentary backdrop image for Playback (1995)

199580 minPGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Playback

199580 minPGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Eighty minutes of debate unfold at Amsterdam's Film Museum as directors, students, and researchers discuss early 20th century films from 1910 to 1920.

Genres

Director

Hartmut Bitomsky

Synopsis

Eighty minutes of debate unfold at Amsterdam's Film Museum as directors, students, and researchers discuss early 20th century films from 1910 to 1920.

People

Hartmut Bitomsky

Hartmut Bitomskydirector

Hartmut Bitomsky

Hartmut Bitomskywriter

Synopsis

At Amsterdam's Film Museum, film directors, students, and archivists gather to discuss early 20th century cinema, focusing on films from 1910 to 1920. They analyze short news reels and excerpts from full-length movies. Their conversations address the social and technical contexts of these moving images. The edited film features live music that sets a moody atmosphere throughout the 80-minute duration.

Comments

What are people saying?

Play More Like This

Preserving Grain, Presenting Pixels: Film Preservation and Restoration in the Digital Age Part 2 (2013)

Preserving Grain, Presenting Pixels: Film Preservation and Restoration in the Digital Age Part 2

Film preservation and restoration efforts are examined through the collaboration of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and the Charles Guggenheim Center.

Preserving Grain, Presenting Pixels: Film Preservation and Restoration in the Digital Age Part 2

Preserving Grain, Presenting Pixels: Film Preservation and Restoration in the Digital Age Part 1 (2013)

Preserving Grain, Presenting Pixels: Film Preservation and Restoration in the Digital Age Part 1

Film preservation and restoration efforts are examined through the collaboration of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and the Charles Guggenheim Center.

Preserving Grain, Presenting Pixels: Film Preservation and Restoration in the Digital Age Part 1

Films of State Conference - Panel 7: The Use of Textual Records for Film Research (2021)

Films of State Conference - Panel 7: The Use of Textual Records for Film Research

The "Films of State" virtual conference, hosted by the University of Maryland and the National Archives, featured discussions on the use of textual records in film research.

Films of State Conference - Panel 7: The Use of Textual Records for Film Research

Films of State Conference - Panel 3: Using Government Film (2021)

Films of State Conference - Panel 3: Using Government Film

The "Films of State" virtual conference, hosted by the University of Maryland and the National Archives, featured discussions on the use of government films across various contexts.

Films of State Conference - Panel 3: Using Government Film

Birth of the Cinema (2024)

Birth of the Cinema

In early 20th century America, the emergence of cinema is explored through the stories of pioneering filmmakers, early movie stars, and innovative techniques.

Birth of the Cinema

Government Crackdown on Marijuana in the Netherlands: Amsterdam's War on Weed (2014)

Government Crackdown on Marijuana in the Netherlands: Amsterdam's War on Weed

Thirteen coffee shops in Amsterdam have closed due to new government regulations limiting their proximity to schools, impacting the local cannabis community.

Government Crackdown on Marijuana in the Netherlands: Amsterdam's War on Weed

Renting during coronavirus: NHS workers and students share their struggles (2020)

Renting during coronavirus: NHS workers and students share their struggles

Eighty-five percent of monthly wages are spent on rent by single tenants in London, as NHS workers and students discuss their struggles during the pandemic.

Renting during coronavirus: NHS workers and students share their struggles

Explore Playback

Where else to watch

Room 666 (1982)

Room 666

1982•45m•★6.6TMDB

During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, renowned director Wim Wenders invites several prominent filmmakers to a hotel room to discuss the future of cinema.

A Night at the Cinema in 1914 (2014)

A Night at the Cinema in 1914

2014•1h25m•★7.5TMDB

A selection of short films from 1914 includes a comic short about a face-pulling competition and scenes of Allied troops celebrating Christmas at the Front.

A Night at the Cinema in 1914

Forbidden Films (2014)

Forbidden Films

2014•1h34m•★6.5TMDB

Approximately 300 films produced in Germany between 1933 and 1945 were banned by the Allied forces after World War II.

Forbidden Films

Cinema Futures (2016)

Cinema Futures

2016•2h6m•★6.2TMDB

Martin Scorsese and Christopher Nolan highlight the decline of analog film and the challenges of digital technology on cinema preservation and artistry.

Room 1112 (2012)

Room 1112

2012•1h30m•★6.9TMDB

A group of Sweden's leading film professionals discusses the future of celluloid film in room 1112 at the Riverton hotel during the 2011 Göteborg film festival.

Browse more like this

Birth of the Cinema (2024)

Birth of the Cinema

In early 20th century America, the emergence of cinema is explored through the stories of pioneering filmmakers, early movie stars, and innovative techniques.

Birth of the Cinema

No digital watch option in your country

Abstract Cinema (1993)

Abstract Cinema

1993•52m•★9.0TMDB

Several pioneering abstract filmmakers discuss the evolution of non-objective cinema in a 52-minute documentary directed by Keith Griffiths.

Abstract Cinema

Once Upon Amsterdam (2021)

Once Upon Amsterdam

2021•1h•★8.5TMDB

A day in Amsterdam during the summer of 2005 captures the city's mix of old and new as it approaches the digital age.

Once Upon Amsterdam

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013•2h•★5.0TMDB

Seventy filmmakers contribute short films of 60 to 90 seconds each, reflecting their visions of the future of cinema during the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary.

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Filmmakers in Action (2006)

Filmmakers in Action

2006•1h43m•★7.2TMDB

Filmmakers from multiple countries address the effects of copyright laws and authors' legal status on the global cinema industry.

Filmmakers in Action

Film as Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16 (2004)

Film as Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16

2004•56m•★6.1TMDB

An 82-year-old Austrian émigré in New York founded Cinema 16, recognized as America's most important film society.

Film as Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16

Browse more by Hartmut Bitomsky

View all films →

Imaginary Architecture, the architect Hans Scharoun (1995)

Imaginary Architecture, the architect Hans Scharoun

1995

Cinema and Death (1988)

Cinema and Death

1988

The Cinema and the Wind and Photography (1991)

The Cinema and the Wind and Photography

1991

Barrage and Bunker (1991)

Barrage and Bunker

1991

Is this your film?

If you made this film or hold the rights to it, we'd like to talk. We can license it and pay you a share of what it earns.

License it with us →