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The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

Nov 30, 2010 · 58m
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Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer - Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon Thames, but did his most famous work in California - freezing time and starting it up again, so that for the first time people could see how a racing horse's legs moved. He went on to animate the movements of naked ladies, wrestlers, athletes, elephants, cockatoos and his own naked body, projecting his images publicly with a machine he invented and astounding audiences worldwide with the first flickerings of cinema. Alan Yentob follows in Muybridge's footsteps as he makes - and often changes - his name, and sets off to kill his young wife's lover. With Andy Serkis as Muybridge

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Alan Yentob
Presenter
Andy Serkis
Eadweard Muybridge
Marta Braun
Philip Brookman
Peta Cook
Ann Dumas
Stephen Herbert
Richard Jones
Directed by Jill Nicholls

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US
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