Yes Tom, a great movie for those interested in early motion picture
pioneers and equipment - with your knowledge of cameras/kinetoscopes/zoetropes
you'd probably be in a position to appreciate the details more than most.
Made for the Festival of Britain rather than the Queen's Jubilee, though,
which explains the somewhat fictionalized perspective where cinema seem to
have
been invented in England. Forget about those pesky Lumiere Brothers or
Edison! Most famous now for a brief cameo by Laurence Olivier as a passing
Victorian policeman astonished by the sight of moving pictures.
Paul
In a message dated 19/02/2010 19:17:11 GMT Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
I heard Martin was Inspired by " The Magic BOx " made for the queens
jubbalee and had Richard attenborough and was about William Friese Greene who
was thought to have made major contributions to inventing film also with
Laprinze...
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