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Estonian film-100! 1912-2012

Estonian film did not appear in an empty place. Figuratively speaking, every Estonian filmmaker has Johannes Pääsuke and his camera standing behind him or her. If it weren’t for him, we would have no reason to speak of the 100th anniversary of Estonian film. He created the path that all future filmmakers took after him. World cinema was born in 1985 with the help of the Lumière brothers in France. Besides those two, Thomas Alva Edison had something to do with it as well. Their work was preceded by many kinds of optical toys and the development of photography. Many were amazed by moving pictures. The first film screened in Estonia, in Tallinn, in 1896 in the Great Guild building on Pikk Street. The birth of Estonian film has been marked at 1912. The first feature film, “Karujaht Pärnumaal” (“Bear Hunt in Pärnumaa”), was completed in 1914. And thus it began... the birth pains during the independence era, the work of Konstantin Märska and Theodor Luts, and “Kutsu-Juku” (“Juku...

Cinema and TV in our life

Список слов к топику Cinema way of life – образ жизни vehicle – средство выражения, распространения possibilities – возможности unlimited – безграничный, неограниченный, многочисленный contemporary – современный appreciate – оценивать, высоко ценить, понимать unique – не имеющий подобных или равных, единственный в своем роде, уникальный to secure – сохранить, укрепить, гарантировать, обеспечивать, приобретать instruction – предписание, инструкция, указание, обучение entertainment – развлечение, увеселение feature film – художественный фильм horror film – фильм ужасов thriller film – сенсационный фильм, боевик popular science film – научно-популярный фильм travelogue – фильм о путешествиях mystery – детектив documentary – документальный фильм animated cartoon – мультипликационный фильм color – цветной black-and-white – черно-белый full-length film – полномет...