Mechanical Principles (1930)
- Directed by
- Ralph Steiner
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 11 min
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This 1930 short film uses visual techniques to demonstrate different mechanical ideas. It shows machines and their parts through cinematography.
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What happens
Mechanical Principles is a 1930 experimental short film directed by Ralph Steiner. The short explores various mechanical concepts and principles through visual storytelling and cinematography. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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