Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer (1975)

09/28/1975 (US) • Documentary, History • 59m

Overview

Thom Andersen's remarkable and sadly neglected hour-long documentary adroitly combines biography, history, film theory, and philosophical reflection. Muybridge's photographic studies of animal locomotion in the 1870s were a major forerunner of movies; even more interesting are his subsequent studies of diverse people, photographed against neutral backgrounds.

Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer (1975)

09/28/1975 (US) • 59m

Documentary, History

Overview

Thom Andersen's remarkable and sadly neglected hour-long documentary adroitly combines biography, history, film theory, and philosophical reflection. Muybridge's photographic studies of animal locomotion in the 1870s were a major forerunner of movies; even more interesting are his subsequent studies of diverse people, photographed against neutral backgrounds.

Top Billed Cast

Dean Stockwell

Narrator (voice)

Eadweard Muybridge

Self (archive footage)

Anje Bos

Model

Sharon Hagen

Model

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

technology

photography

biography

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