The Countryman and the Cinematograph

The Countryman and the Cinematograph

Screenshot from the film
Directed by Robert W. Paul
Produced by Robert W. Paul
Production
company
Paul's Animatograph Works
Release dates
  • 1901 (1901)
Running time
11 secs extent
Country United Kingdom
Language Silent

The Countryman and the Cinematograph (AKA: 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]

References

  1. Brooke, Michael. "The Countryman and the Cinematograph". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved 2011-04-24.


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