The Countryman and the Cinematograph

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The Countryman and the Cinematograph
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Screenshot from the film
Directed by Robert W. Paul
Produced byRobert W. Paul
Production
company
Paul's Animatograph Works
Release date
  • 1901 (1901)
Running time
15 seconds
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language Silent

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". [1]

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. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Brooke, Michael. "The Countryman and the Cinematograph". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  2. ↑ Musser, Charles (1991). Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company. University of California Press. pp. 192–193. ISBN   978-0-520-06986-2 . Retrieved 1 February 2024.


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