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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies
By Fischer, Paul
- ISBN
- 9781982114824
- Publisher
- S. & S.
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Reviewed on March 1, 2022 | Social Sciences
Fischer (A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power) brackets the story of French artist and inventor Louis Le Prince—and his undeniable yet overlooked role in film history—with true crime trappings. Working in his studio in 1880, Le Prince dropped two photographic plates and noticed the blurring of the images created the illusion of movement; within the decade he had a working motion-picture came...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
