An exhilarating and amusing encyclopedic look at the "prehistory" of cinema. Werner Nekes charts the fascination with moving pictures which led to the birth of film, covering shadow plays, peep shows, flip books, flicks, magic lanterns, lithopanes, panoramic, scrolls, colorful forms of early animation, and numerous other historical artiffices. Working with these formats, early "producers" created melodramas, comedies, -- as well as lots of pornography -- anticipating most of the forms known today. Nekes probes these colorful toys and inventions in a rich and rewarding optical experience. Film Before Film is a bewildering assault of exotic (and sometimes erotic) images and illusions.
Werner Nekes
Director
Directed by John Ford70%
Being James Bond77%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
McQueen74%
Above Majestic73%
The Class of ‘9271%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
A Plastic Ocean75%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
The Skywalker Legacy78%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return67%
Maria by Callas73%
Room 23761%
Cuadecuc, vampir61%
Night Will Fall76%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound68%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
