The Countryman and the Cinematograph
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Screenshot from the film
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| Directed by | Robert W. Paul |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
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Paul's Animatograph Works
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11 secs extent |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
The Countryman and the Cinematograph (AKA: The Countryman's First Sight of the Animated Pictures) is a 1901 British short silent comedy film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring a stereotypical yokel reacting to films projected onto a screen. The film, "is one of the earliest known examples of a film within a film," where, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "the audience reaction to that film is as important a part of the drama as the content of the film itself."
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