Top 2 Best Films from United Kingdom

1. Athlete Swinging a Pick
Director: Eadweard Muybridge
United Kingdom (formerly United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) | Northern Europe | Europe
1881 | 1880s | 19th Century

Eadweard Muybridge went down to his bare skin in "Athlete Swinging a Pick" (1881) in order to show the full force of a human being that can be achieved through movement. Combining physiology and myth, this is also a first attempt at exposing how the camera can fake reality into fiction.



2. Man Walking Around the Corner
Director: Louis Le Prince
United Kingdom (formerly United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) | Northern Europe | Europe
1887 | 1880s | 19th Century

In time, "Man Walking Around the Corner" (1887) stays as just one simple, yet ambitious, experiment. Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince's 16-lens camera is a significant milestone towards the discovery of film, and its output is without question an important artifact in the archaeology of cinema.

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