{"id":13550,"date":"2011-11-23T07:10:22","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T07:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=13550"},"modified":"2012-02-11T17:43:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T17:43:59","slug":"first-films-cinema-vhs-dvd-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/11\/23\/first-films-cinema-vhs-dvd-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"First Films"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New film formats come along every era but your first time with one usually sticks with you.<\/p>\n

For my generation a common question to a music fan was ‘what was the first record you bought?’<\/p>\n

But what about film experiences?<\/p>\n

Yesterday London listings magazine Time Out asked readers on Twitter what their first DVD was<\/a> and it triggered some memories not just of actual films, but the manner in which I first saw them.<\/p>\n

In my life time I’ve seen movies projected via celluloid and digital prints at various cinemas, rented and then bought VHS tapes, DVDs, Blu-ray discs and digital downloads.<\/p>\n

There’s a whole generation growing up now in a time where the digital quickly replacing the physical and between 2013 and 2015 it is estimated that celluloid as a projection medium<\/a> will effectively die.<\/p>\n

Remembering the first time you saw a film in a certain format not only triggers an important memory but also reminds us of what those experiences and technologies meant.<\/p>\n

Here’s my list.\u00a0(If you want to use Twitter for this use the hashtag #firstfilms and my username is\u00a0@filmdetail<\/a>)<\/p>\n

FIRST CINEMA EXPERIENCE(S): The Empire Strikes Back<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Given the amount of films I’ve seen in cinemas down the years, it might seem odd that I have difficulty remembering what the very first one was.<\/p>\n

I know the cinema (The Rex in Berkhamstead<\/a>), even the screen<\/a>, and I\u2019m pretty certain it was The Empire Strikes Back<\/a><\/strong> (which would’ve made it sometime in 1980) but being just 3 years old, I can only recall a few sequences and images.<\/p>\n