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1890s Méliès Short Found in Michigan, Thought Lost, May Feature Earliest Known Cinematic Depiction of Robotics
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1890s Méliès short found in Michigan, thought lost, may feature earliest known cinematic depiction of robotics
A 19th-century George Méliès film, thought to be long lost, has been found among a box of brittle movie reels that a Michigan donor brought to the Library of Congress, officials said.
At that time they would not have called him “robot”, but automaton, because the word did not yet exist. But here it is, seen for the first time in more than a century, recovered in a film of the nineteenth century that was believed to be lost: Gugusse et l’Automate, of 1897, has again seen the light thanks to the Library of Congress of the United States. It is difficult to know how much cinema of the early times is lost. But we do recognize that…
Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library
Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's "Gugusse and the Automaton,” the first appearance of a robot on screen, has long been sought after by sci-fi fans and cinemaphiles. No one had seen it in more than a century when Library staff carefully unwound it. You can see it now in this post and on the …
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