Eadweard , 2015

kettturtonsource
6 feb 2015
Tempo di lettura: 1 min

A psychological drama centred around world-famous turn-of-the-century photographer, Eadweard Muybridge who photographed nude and deformed subjects, became the godfather of cinema, murdered his wife's lover, and was the last American to receive the justifiable homicide verdict.

Dir:Kyle Rideout

Role: Rondinella

It is a Canadian movie starring Michael Eklund and Sara Canning, set in the second half of the 19th century. It tells about Muybridge’s pioneering work in photography formed the foundation of cinema as we know it today, while explosive events in his personal life lead to the last recorded verdict of justifiable homicide. Framed around his single-minded pursuit of creating motion with static imagery, driven through his explosive ego and the neglect of his young wife, this is an intriguing, stylised portrayal of a man whose brilliance and ambition were equalled and eclipsed only by the destructive power of his own self-interest.

Muybridge is an obsessive observer of motion: horses galloping, humans jumping. In the 1880s, he took more than 100,000 photographs as part of a study for the University of Pennsylvania. His retinue included his much younger wife, Flora, officious interns and nude models who would demonstrate disrobing, broom-sweeping, bucket-pouring and wrestling before a row of 24 cameras.

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