Tag: Edwin S. Porter

  • One of the First Westerns Still Influences the Genre Today

    One of the First Westerns Still Influences the Genre Today

    As one of the most influential films of all time, The Great Train Robbery is truly representative of the word “groundbreaking”. It is a primitive image of filmmaking under today’s lens, but it was a phenomenon during its heyday. While Edwin S. Porter’s classic from 1903 is widely considered to be the first Western film…