TRICK OF LIGHT, A = GEBRÜDER SKLADANOWSKY, DIE

TRICK OF LIGHT, A = GEBRÜDER SKLADANOWSKY, DIE

"...Working with several film students, Wenders uses archaic camerawork and black-and-white imagery to tell the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers, the German-born dio responsible for inventing the "bioskop", an early version of the film projector. The brothers experimented with silent film and slapstick comedy, simultaneously watching as the Lumière brothers found fame and fortune through an invention very similar to their own.A Trick of Light is a rare gem of cinematic storytelling that weaves docudrama, fictional reenactment and experimental photography into a powerful, reflective work on the early days of German cinema" (-DVD jacket)

WENDERS, Wim

1995

DVD

German, w/ optional English subtitles

Feature Film (F)

1612

T82995aDVD

76 min.