The Countryman and the Cinematograph
5.4
1901
0h 1m
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.
Movie Information
Status
Released
Release Date
October 1, 1901
Runtime
0h 1m
Rating
5.4
(44 votes)
Genres
Comedy
Production Companies
Robert W. Paul
Paul's Animatograph Works
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.
