The Cameraman's Revenge
The Cameraman's Revenge (Russian: Месть кинематографического оператора) is a 1912 Russian experimental stop-motion animated short film directed and written by Władysław Starewicz.[1][2][3][4] It, along with other works by Starewicz, stands out in the history of stop-motion animation for its use of actual dried insect specimens (beetles, grasshoppers, dragonflies, etc.) as articulated stop-motion puppets portraying all of the characters.
The Cameraman's Revenge | |
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Russian: Месть кинематографического оператора | |
Directed by | Władysław Starewicz |
Produced by | Aleksandr Khanzhonkov |
Written by | Władysław Starewicz |
Release date | October 27, 1912 |
Running time | 12 minutes |
Country | Russian Empire |
Plot
The film is based on the love collision of the Zhukov family (deer beetles), the artist Usachini (beetle-beetle), the grasshopper cameraman and the dancing dancer.[5]
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gollark: icecast badnot icecast good
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gollark: Or listen to it yourself.
gollark: Join, then?
References
- ""Вечер немого кино" в "Аптекарском огороде"". www.molnet.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- "Заклинатель мух: как любитель насекомых Владислав Старевич стал пионером кукольной анимации". RT на русском (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- "В Москве пройдет показ мультфильмов начала XX века". The Village. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- "Показы немого кино будут проходить в Москве". ovideo.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- "«Месть кинематографического оператора» (1912)". КиноПоиск (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-11-05.
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