Video: The Emperor of Time

The strange and sordid tale of Eadweard Muybridge, the man who accidentally invented motion pictures. The film is told from the point of view of Muybridge’s abandoned son and viewed completely through a nineteenth century early cinema contraption called a mutoscope.

Written & Directed by: Drew Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Ross
Starring: Richard Evans
Music by: Spencer Thun
Sound by: Eli Moore
Photographed by: Drew Christie & Dane Herforth
Mutoscope contraption by: FlipBooKit

A Sundance selection.

Running time: 6 minutes

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Galloping horse, animated in 2006, using photos by Eadweard Muybridge (Source: alfalfastudio.com)