Edwardian Insects on Film
2013-03-19 | 59 minutes
Plot Summary
In 1908, amateur naturalist and pioneering filmmaker Percy Smith stunned early cinema goers with his footage of the juggling fly. Hailed as the father of Natural History film, Smith was a hugely influential visual pioneer, inventing many techniques that are still used today. Being both a genius and an eccentric, we follow his life from his earliest films, to the collapse of his house from his mould experiment to his ultimate suicide. We also meet Natural History icon Sir David Attenborough, who was so amazed by Smith’s films in the 1930s that they inspired him to get into natural history.
Cast
Recommendations
-
Desert Seas
-
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
-
RETURN
-
Hannibal
-
Katja's Adventure
-
SSS
-
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Magical Movie Night
-
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
-
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
-
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
-
Return
-
Sadako 3D 2
-
Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist
-
Survival Box
-
The Exorcism of Carmen Farias
-
Malibu Rescue
-
Kill!
-
Gasping for Air
Similar Movies
-
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
-
Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo
-
James Bond in the Bahamas
-
Ian Fleming: The Secret Road to Paradise
-
Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation
-
Barefoot in the Kitchen
-
A Conversation with Lars von Trier
-
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
-
Acting Out: 25 Years of Queer Film & Community in Hamburg
-
Comrades in Dreams
-
Omnibus: François Truffaut
-
The James Dean Story
-
Shine a Light
-
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
-
Vivement Truffaut
-
Going Home
-
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
-
A Sense of Carol Reed
-
Regreso a «Viridiana»
-
The American West of John Ford