Thom Andersen's remarkable and sadly neglected hour-long documentary adroitly combines biography, history, film theory, and philosophical reflection. Muybridge's photographic studies of animal locomotion in the 1870s were a major forerunner of movies; even more interesting are his subsequent studies of diverse people, photographed against neutral backgrounds.

Cast:Dean Stockwell, Eadweard Muybridge, Anje Bos, Sharon Hagen,

Genre:Documentary, History,

country:United States of America,

Production:University of California Los Angeles,