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8 unusual facts about 8 mm film


Bahman Ghobadi

After a brief career in industrial photography, Ghobadi began making short 8 mm films.

Fernando Meirelles

His first experience with cinema was with his father, who often directed 8 mm films during his job at the university.

At 13, with a borrowed Super 8 camera, Meirelles started producing small films, inspired by Norman McLaren's animations.

Marie Muchmore

A color 8 mm film that Muchmore photographed is one of the primary documents of the Kennedy assassination.

Neil Young Archives

The album was released on LP, CD and DVD Video with the DVD version including high definition sound accompanied by 8mm film footage.

Peter Scheerer

A film fan since his early childhood, Scheerer started shooting short 8 mm movies while he was in high school.

Pornography and erotica in the Philippines

Also in this decade, pornography became accessible to interested affluent adult men and women who are in a mature relationship that can be viewed through eight-millimeter portable film projectors, before the introduction of the more affordable videocassettes.

Scott Masters

In 1970, Masters produced his first film, Drilled Deep. It was a "loop" (an 8mm Short film, roughly 200 feet in length, designed to run over and over in peep shows).


L'Absent

Interior scenes, and all exteriors of European cities, including Rome, Vienna, Budapest and Prague, as well as glimpses (footage) of old B&W photos of a family, were shot in 8 mm and blown up to 16 mm for effect.


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