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Exposing Muybridge

  • 2021
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Exposing Muybridge (2021)
Tells the story of trailblazing 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who changed the world with his camera. Muybridge set the course for the development of cinema when he became the first photographer to capture something moving faster than the human eye can see, Leland Stanford's galloping horses.
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Exposing Muybridge tells the story of trailblazing 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who changed the world with his camera. Muybridge set the course for the development of cinema... Read allExposing Muybridge tells the story of trailblazing 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who changed the world with his camera. Muybridge set the course for the development of cinema when he became the first photographer to capture something moving faster than the human e... Read allExposing Muybridge tells the story of trailblazing 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who changed the world with his camera. Muybridge set the course for the development of cinema when he became the first photographer to capture something moving faster than the human eye can see--Leland Stanford's galloping horses. He also produced a sprawling and spectacul... Read all

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    • Marc Shaffer
  • Writer
    • Marc Shaffer
  • Stars
    • Gary Oldman
    • Marta Braun
    • Philip Brookman
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    • Director
      • Marc Shaffer
    • Writer
      • Marc Shaffer
    • Stars
      • Gary Oldman
      • Marta Braun
      • Philip Brookman
    • 4User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Marta Braun
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    Luther Gerlach
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    Rebecca Gowers
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    Thomas Gunning
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      • Marc Shaffer
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    7greenemacheene

    Wasn't the first jockey a Blackman why did the filmmakers whitewash this?

    I studied Muybridge at film school, we were told the first successive image was of a Black man riding a horse so I was disappointed to see them cast a white actor for this.

    I did enjoy seeing Gary Oldman and seeing the documentary apart from this. Muybridge was a fascinating man that helped create cinema. A murderer, a man of ill/high repute. So many levels to this character and was great to see the evolution and having different guests talk about him.

    I didn't know about the level of Stanford screwing him over, was an interesting twist.

    Mubridges impact in photo, film, technology is still with us today.
    8Minnesota_Reid

    Seeing Is Believing....Isn't It?

    Muybridge was an early photographer whose pioneering work in using multiple still pictures to capture motion too fast for the human eye to see led directly to cinema. He also photographed remote places like Yosemite and Alaska immediately after the US purchased it.

    He was neither particularly ethical (murder) nor honest (his name mutated multiple times over his life, evolving from Edward Muggeridge to Eadweard Muybridge).

    As actor Gary Oldman, who narrates some of this doc, puts it, Muybridge was also the first director, because he would pose and dress people to get the visual effect that he wanted, and to imply small stories. What is that but directing?

    Recommended.
    7thejdrage

    Not what I thought it would be

    This is not what I thought it would be. That said, I had not idea what I thought it would be. Obviously I have a conundrum here.

    The one thing I remember from years gone by, was that he was the one who proved that when horses are galloping, all four of their legs are off the ground at the same time. And that was an amazing find - at the time.

    Some of his nature photos were him proving his boldness (stupidity?). And other times seeing was not believing in what he did.

    He certainly was not a one trick galloping pony when it came to photography and this documentary points them all out logically and honestly. There is no judgement on the parts of the experts, just observations.

    I learned a ton about this man! And now I can gallop on.
    8deborah-99172

    A much-needed closer look at Muybridge

    A comprehensive documentary of the rise and fall of a complicated man. We know him for the horse photos, but this film details his landscape photo work, his stereoscopic images, his "scientific" sequence photos that seemed to begin harmlessly enough but gradually became more and more voyeuristic and questionable. A man who lived through a time of profound mechanical change; a man constantly putting himself at risk for the sake of an image; a man of extreme temper... He may be the father of the moving image, but, surprisingly, his images also attest to him being an early proponent of photoshop! Gary Oldman adds some needed flavor and drama to the commentary, but all of the experts are interesting. I highly recommend!

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      As shown in the film, Muybridge's last name is misspelled on his gravestone as "Maybridge."
    • Goofs
      According to pronunciation guides, Muybridge's last name is pronounced "Marbridge." In the film, it is alternatively pronounced "Mooeybridge" and "Mybridge" by various interviewees, though Gary Oldman pronounces it correctly at the end.

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      • August 2, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Revelando a Muybridge
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      • Inside Out Media
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      • 1h 28m(88 min)
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      • 16 : 9

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