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Better Late Then Never

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This one shows us the one of the most important figures in early American cinematography. William K.L. Dickson greets the audience that has come to take a look at that wonderful magical new thing called film. I personally find this one less interesting than his Newark athlete from the same year, maybe also because it's considerably shorter and less spectacular. Basically he's just pulling a hat.It's another fine example, however, how much he has improved his craft since working on his maiden project Monkeyshines. The people who he's recording are now clearly visible and not just anonymous ghostlike contours.

Dickson Greeting (1891) **** (out of 4) This Edison short was at one time believed to have been the first movie ever made in America but it turned out to be the second behind Edison's three versions of Monkeyshines. In this film, running eighteen seconds, we see a man facing the camera with a hat in one hand and moving that hat to the other hand. This might not sound like much today but this is a very important film in the history of movies because this is the film that showed people moving pictures were possible. The act of the man moving the hate is done six times with three separate shots. This film is also important as we get a visual image of Dickson who is a silent partner in creating this new technology. There's nothing here that's going to blow people away but from a historic viewpoint there aren't many films more important.

As simple and brief as it is, this mini-feature is one of the most important steps in the development of moving pictures. In its time, it was an enormous step forward from previous experiments (at least from those of which records still exist), and it shows a complete success in getting past some of the difficulties with the Edison Company's earlier "Monkeyshines" experiments.The footage simply shows Edison's associate W.K.L. Dickson, performing a jaunty motion of greeting, which is then repeated more than once. The image is very clear, with only a slight suggestion of minor distortion around the edges. The illusion of motion is smooth and completely convincing. It has also survived in good condition, which is fortunate given its significance.It is also appropriate that such a significant step forward would preserve the image of Dickson, who was so instrumental in developing the new technology. While the exact amount of credit rightfully due to Edison, Dickson, and other individuals can now no longer be determined accurately, it seems apparent from all accounts that Dickson probably deserves as much credit as anyone in the early development of motion pictures.

Thomas Edison, the father of many inventions, combined the phonograph and the zoopraxiscope to create the Kinetoscope.This incredible invention began Edison Motion Pictures and the first of its creations, "Dickson Greeting".This 18 sec. short (which loops 3 sec of footage 6 times at 30 fps) inspired the world to the endless possibilities of film.Although this film is very short and simple it is awesome to see the industry at its infancy and a gives you greater appreciation for where we are today.10* (10* Rating) This film deserves a perfect score for its imagination and what it represents.