The Hand of the Artist (1906)
- Directed by
- Walter R. Booth
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 2 min
- Rating
- 4.5 of 10 from 5 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
A director's hand brings photographs of a young man and woman to life. Each sequence ends with the images being crumpled up.
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What happens
The Hand of the Artist is a 1906 British short silent trick film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring the director's hand bringing to life photographic images of a young man and woman only for each sequence to end in them being crumpled up. The film features stop-action substitution to achieve its effect and has erroneously been described as the first British animated film. The film survives as part of the Corrick Collection of the Corrick family entertainers who toured Australia and the world between 1901 and 1914. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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