pynchon-l-digest V2 #1436

[Doug Millison]

In another fine post about "Pynchon's darkest heart of Germany" 
Terrance mentioned
that "this German primitive has connected with 'the rapid flashing of 
successive stills to
counterfeit movement,' for over two centuries."

Some of you might want to check out:

The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography
http://www.precinemahistory.net/

Subtitled An Illustrated Chronological History Of The Development Of
Motion Pictures Covering 2,500 Years Leading To Cinematography In The
1800's, this Website presents a prehistory of Cinematography
beginning with the cave drawings at Lascaux and the shadow plays of
Ancient China through the "earliest-ever extant illustration of the
_camera obscura_ in 1420 and finishing with the first true "films,"
albeit very short ones, in the late nineteenth century. The site is
structured as an annotated timeline with graphic illustrations but,
strangely, no video. Researched, compiled, and written by Paul T.
Burns, a Canadian film historian, the Website offers an interesting
summary of humankind's fascination with light and its capacity to
project visions of the imagination. [DC]
--The Scout Report for Social Sciences -- September 19, 2000
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