Long before Edison, the author argues, the cinema was being invented piece by piece. He traces it from Roger Bacon’s optics and Leonardo’s camera through Porta’s screen shows, Kircher’s projector, Musschenbroek, the phantasmagoria, Dr. Paris’s toy and Plateau’s first moving images, toward the point where photography and film meet.
A lively popular history for film lovers and anyone fascinated by early optical gadgets. Download the free EPUB.