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''Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer'' is a 1975 student 
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''Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer'' essay by Joseph Sgammato at Senses of Cinema
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eadweard Muybridge Zoopraxographer 1975 films 1975 documentary films American documentary films Films directed by Thom Andersen Documentary films about photographers United States National Film Registry films Essays about film American student films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
directed by Thom Andersen
Thom Andersen (born 1943 in Chicago) is an American filmmaker, film critic, and teacher best known for his works of experimental film, including his 1975 film '' Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer'' and the 2003 essay film '' Los Angeles Plays It ...
about the English photographer Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge (; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first ...
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Legacy
In 2015, the United StatesLibrary of Congress
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selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry
The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation, each selected for its historical, cultural and aesthetic contributions since the NFPB’s inception ...
, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Newly restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, it was released on home video in 2016 by Cinema Guild.
Cast
*Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge (; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first ...
as Himself
* Dean Stockwell
Robert Dean Stockwell (March 5, 1936 – November 7, 2021) was an American actor with a career spanning seven decades. As a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he first came to the public's attention in films including ''Anchors A ...
as Narrator/ref>
See also
* List of American films of 1975 * ''Eadweard'' (film) * '' Los Angeles Plays Itself''References
External links
*''Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer'' essay by Joseph Sgammato at Senses of Cinema
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eadweard Muybridge Zoopraxographer 1975 films 1975 documentary films American documentary films Films directed by Thom Andersen Documentary films about photographers United States National Film Registry films Essays about film American student films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films