English titles: Film Before Film; Film Before Film: What Really Happened Between the Images?
Description: It shows several devices that preceded cinema in the task of displaying moving images.
Appraisal: Interesting documentary, but it lacks a historic perspective; some of the devices have no historical importance in the path that led to cinema; that doesn't make them uninsteresting, of course, but it seems that more of the film is devoted to them than to true film pioneers; for example, Edison gets only a mention to his name in the end - no information on his contributions is given. Perhaps this should be examined as the first of a series; the problem is that I haven't seen any of its successors, and do not know what is in them.
Rating: 58
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