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The Countryman and the Cinematograph(Movie, 1901)

1min | Genre: Comedy
The Countryman and the CinematographRating: 2.7/5 (with 1717 votes)
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". 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. ()
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About The Countryman and the Cinematograph

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an unsophisticated (and stereotypical) country yokel is alternately baffled and terrified, in the latter case by the apparent approach of a steam train.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: No Language (XX)
Translated into 3 languages: English (EN), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/01/1901
Director: Robert W. Paul
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Először találkoznak vidéken a vetítőgéppel"
"The Countryman's First Sight of the Animated Pictures"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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