The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

November 30, 2010

Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer – Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon Thames, but did his most famous work in California – freezing time and starting it up again, so that for the first time people could see how a racing horse’s legs moved. He went on to animate the movements of naked ladies, wrestlers, athletes, elephants, cockatoos and his own naked body, projecting his images publicly with a machine he invented and astounding audiences worldwide with the first flickerings of cinema. Alan Yentob follows in Muybridge’s footsteps as he makes – and often changes – his name, and sets off to kill his young wife’s lover. With Andy Serkis as Muybridge.

“A treat. Did everything a good arts programme should.”
The Guardian

AWARDS

International Festival of Films on Art, Official Selection

REVIEWS

• The Guardian
• Cinephilia and Beyond

LINKS

• BBC Press
• Wikipedia