For me, the history of film began with Eadweard Muybridge in 1896. He used the camera like a scientist, not for illusion purposes. In the same year, the first modern Olympics started in Athens.
Alexander Kluge reflects on Eadweard Muybridge's work and the first modern Olympics.
Alexander Kluge
Director
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