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The Countryman and the Cinematograph
The Countryman and the Cinematograph

The Countryman and the Cinematograph(1901)

  • English
  • 5.4 (37)
  • 1 mins
  • Oct 1, 1901

OVERVIEW

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an unsophisticated (and stereotypical) country yokel is alternately baffled and terrified, in the latter case by the apparent approach of a steam train.

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