Film Before Film
- Alternative title
- What Really Happened Between the Images?/Was Geshah Wirklich Zwischen den Bildern?
- Synopsis
- Werner Nekes explains the beginnings of cinematography using objects spanning five centures. Includes diaramas, 17th-century peep shows, lithophanes, mutoscopes, zoetropes, flick books, lantern slides, phenakistoscopes, praxinoscopes and various other inventions.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany
- Year of production
- 1985
- Notes
- Reviewed in ‘Viewfinder’ 26, Jan 96
The DVD is part 1 in the MEDIA MAGICA DVD series. - Subjects
- Media studies
- Keywords
- history of cinema
Credits
- Director
- Werner Nekes
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £15.99 (MM/retail)
- Duration/Size
- 83 minutes
- Year
- 2005
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £12.99 (BFI/retail)
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 83 minutes
- Year
- 2005
Production Company
- Name
Werner Nekes Film Produktion
- Web
- http://www.wernernekes.de/shop_haupt.htm External site opens in new window
Distributor
- Name
BFI Video
- video.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8957
- Fax
- 020 7957 8968
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Moviemail
- Web
- https://www.simplyhe.com/3000-moviemail External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0844 848 2000
- Address
- Simply Home Entertainment
PO Box 7741
Ringwood
BH24 9FA
UK - Notes
- As of December 2016 the Moviemail web presence is incorporated within the Simply Media website
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