A film at the surface only limitedly interesting for being one of the very first movies, this little short still has something appealing about it. Let's put academia aside a moment and point out: it's like watching a ghost. For that matter, images very similar to it are created much more artificially for horror films these days.
It's a movie about movement. Almost all early experiments were interested in this because in cases like this subtle movements couldn't be seen and motion itself was very important to capture else risk disinterest in the form and process.
--PolarisDiB
It's a movie about movement. Almost all early experiments were interested in this because in cases like this subtle movements couldn't be seen and motion itself was very important to capture else risk disinterest in the form and process.
--PolarisDiB