Post by Capo on Jan 28, 2007 15:11:10 GMT
Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope
William K.L. Dickson 1894 USA
Eugene Sandow, a famous strong man, shows his muscles to camera.
The "Cinema of attractions" as some theorists call this period: the attractions are not too unlike a circus act, a self-contained event of unusual power or strength, captured via unusual (and, it has to be said, powerful) means.
William K.L. Dickson 1894 USA
Eugene Sandow, a famous strong man, shows his muscles to camera.
The "Cinema of attractions" as some theorists call this period: the attractions are not too unlike a circus act, a self-contained event of unusual power or strength, captured via unusual (and, it has to be said, powerful) means.