Assiettes tournantes (1896)

Directed by

Louis Lumière

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

46 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 26 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 French documentary short film. It shows plates being turned or spun, likely as a demonstration of motion.

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What happens

Assiettes tournantes est un court métrage documentaire muet français réalisé par Louis Lumière en 1896 et produit par la Société Lumière. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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