As the first guest of The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever and its 1800s season, writer and avid "prehistoric" film watcher J.J. DiUbaldi explores sound, color, and positive racial depictions (among other topics) through his five picks; things one might not expect to find in the earliest motion pictures of the 1880s and '90s.

J.J. maintains zepfanman.com, an eclectic hodgepodge of his interests over the years. His goal is to connect people and facilitate sharing in a way that only the internet can provide, which includes a 10 Years 10 Films blog series that is not unlike this podcast. You can also follow him on Letterboxd @zepfanman.

Visit https://www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own five favorites of the 1800s for a final tally in the season finale!

Films and resources mentioned:

• Serpentine Dance (1897) - Louis Lumière
• Something Good/Negro Kiss (1898) - William Selig
• Annie G. (1887) - Eadweard Muybridge
• The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894 or '95) - William K.L. Dickson
• Cinderella (1899) - Georges Méliès
• La Cucaracha (1934) - Lloyd Corrigan
• The Movie Orgy (1968) - Joe Dante
• The Kiss (1896) - William Heise
• Nope (2022) - Jordan Peele
• Timeline of Historical Film Colors
• Méliès: Fairy Tales in Color