Museum of the Moving Image
Magicians on Screen
dal 9/12/2011 al 31/12/2011
Segnalato da
Astoria
35 Avenue at 36 Street
718 7844520
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Magicians on Screen
dal 9/12/2011 al 31/12/2011
Segnalato da
9/12/2011
Magicians on Screen
Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria
Screenings
sintesi del comunicato stampa
In the 1890s, stage magicians were the world's most popular entertainers. And then the cinema was invented. Always eager to incorporate new technologies, magicians quickly embraced the moving image, using it to create astonishing new illusions. Magician/filmmakers like Georges Melies furthered cinema's potential to make the impossible appear possible through their innovative use of editing and special effects in the genre they invented, the trick film. Unfortunately, as audiences fell in love with the movies, they abandoned the stage magicians, and the grand old magic halls disappeared or were converted to movie palaces.
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