Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer (1975)

Thom Andersen's 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.

Released Sept. 28, 1975 59 min None+

Genres: Biography, Documentary, History

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