Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud (1891)

Directed by

William Kennedy Dickson

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1 min

Rating

3.6 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.

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How it feels

This is a very early silent short film from 1891. It shows an actor named James C. Duncan interacting with a muslin cloud, probably as a visual effect test for Thomas Edison's movie studio.

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What happens

Duncan or Devonald with Muslin Cloud é um filme mudo de curta-metragem estadunidense de 1891, dirigido pelos pioneiros do cinema William K.L. Dickson e William Heise para a Edison Manufacturing Company (o lendário Edison Studios só foi criado no ano seguinte), de Thomas Edison. A produção é a última parte da chamada Trilogia Duncan, que tem James C. Duncan como o herói principal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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