The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901)
- Directed by
- Robert W. Paul
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1 min
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 44 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 country man visits a cinema for the first time. He reacts with confusion and surprise to the moving pictures on the screen. His responses become the main focus of the comedy.
lightheartedplayfulsimplewhimsicalamusingold-timeyobservational
What happens
The Countryman and the Cinematograph (also known as The Countryman's First Sight of the Animated Pictures) is a 1901 British short silent comedy film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring a stereotypical yokel reacting to films projected onto a screen. The film "is one of the earliest known examples of a film within a film", where, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "the audience reaction to that film is as important a part of the drama as the content of the film itself". In 1902, a remake of the film, Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show, was produced at the Edison Company, directed by Edwin S. Porter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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