Film Before FilmMovie
An exhilarating and amusing encyclopedic look at the "prehistory" of cinema. Werner Nekes charts the fascination with moving pictures which led to the birth of film, covering shadow plays, peep shows, flip books, flicks, magic lanterns, lithopanes, panoramic, scrolls, colorful forms of early animation, and numerous other historical artiffices. Working with these formats, early "producers" created melodramas, comedies, -- as well as lots of pornography -- anticipating most of the forms known today. Nekes probes these colorful toys and inventions in a rich and rewarding optical experience. Film Before Film is a bewildering assault of exotic (and sometimes erotic) images and illusions.
About Film Before Film
Film Before Film is a 1987 documentary movie directed by Werner Nekes.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 23m, production credits from Germany, an original language code of DE.
The credited cast includes Werner Nekes. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
