Thank You, Mr. Robertson (1985)
• January 1st, 1985 • 1h 17min
Documentary
Overview
A glimpse of the pre-history of cinema starting with the projections of Etienne Gaspard Robert (also known as M. Robertson), who used magic lanterns and other optical illusions to develop the genre of the Gothic phantasmagoria in the late eighteenth century.
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