Nineteenth-Century Stroboscopic Discs (1831–1882)
Nineteenth-Century Stroboscopic Discs (1831–1882)
| 17 October 1999 (USA)
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Gruesome grimaces, craftsmen at work, running animals, wild fountains of colours – the “not yet films” from the prehistory of cinema were only sixteen animation images long, but they left people amazed and satisfied the sensation-seekers. Parisian artist Dominique Willoughby has retrieved some 19th century wonder discs from the archives and re-animated them in a variety of ways to minimalist music.

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Siflutter

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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Hadrina

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Lidia Draper

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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Kien Navarro

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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