And with this title, I am referring to the man we in there as well as to the Brothers Skladanowsky, the German film pioneers, who made this 30-second movie as part of their "Wintergartenprogramm". The man we see here wears a nice outfit, pretty posh actually (times were different back then) and juggles a couple balls and his hat. This is all there is to it and actually, for such a short runtime, it is quite a lot. Of course, by today's standards the film looks very out-dated, but lets not forget to see that this is from over 120 years ago. Solid watch, but only because of the runtime. With another 30 seconds, it may have dragged a little already.
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2.25.2024
EasonVonn25 February 2024
Der Jongleur performed a hat juggling with such a tremendously relaxed body languages. We can see shadows! How clearly the shadow was presented to the cinema indicated the fundamental essence of cinema-the play of lightings. That's the invention of cinema, how people are excited at that moment to see something new, an absolutely new art form, a complexed, integrated, organic way to convey humankind.
We see those "freedom" and "excitement" across the early cinema, and to be honest, it's imposing and mind-blowing.
"Another early system for taking and projecting films was invented by the Germans Max and Emil Skladanowsky. Their Bioscop held two strips of film, each 31/2 inches wide, running side by side; frames of each were projected alternately. The Skladanowsky brothers showed a fifteen-minute program at a large vaudeville theater in Berlin on November 1, 1895-nearly two months before the famous Lumière screening at the Grand Café. The Bioscope system was too cumbersome, however, and the Skladanowsky eventually adopted the standard 35 mm, single-strip film used by more influential inventors. The brothers toured Europe through 1987, but they did not establish a stable production company."
FILM HISTORY page 8.
We see those "freedom" and "excitement" across the early cinema, and to be honest, it's imposing and mind-blowing.
"Another early system for taking and projecting films was invented by the Germans Max and Emil Skladanowsky. Their Bioscop held two strips of film, each 31/2 inches wide, running side by side; frames of each were projected alternately. The Skladanowsky brothers showed a fifteen-minute program at a large vaudeville theater in Berlin on November 1, 1895-nearly two months before the famous Lumière screening at the Grand Café. The Bioscope system was too cumbersome, however, and the Skladanowsky eventually adopted the standard 35 mm, single-strip film used by more influential inventors. The brothers toured Europe through 1987, but they did not establish a stable production company."
FILM HISTORY page 8.
TA-DAH!
boblipton24 August 2020
A man in tights juggles two balls and a tall silk hat in this early movie.
It's a movie from the first public show of motion pictures by Max Skladanowsky on November 1, 1895 in Berlin. Five days later, it was sown in Lisbon; the first international hit!
The juggler is Sylvester Schaffer. He lived until 1931 and the age of 71. Let us hope he had a good life.
It's a movie from the first public show of motion pictures by Max Skladanowsky on November 1, 1895 in Berlin. Five days later, it was sown in Lisbon; the first international hit!
The juggler is Sylvester Schaffer. He lived until 1931 and the age of 71. Let us hope he had a good life.
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