- Un bon bock
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name = Un bon bock
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caption = Promotional poster for "Pantomimes Lumineuses"
director =Émile Reynaud
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music =Gaston Paulin
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released =October 28 1892
runtime = 15 minutes (approx)
country =France
language = Silent
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imdb_id = 0000004"Un bon bock" (aka "A Good Beer") is an 1892 French short animated film directed by
Émile Reynaud . It consists of 700 individually painted images and lasts about 15 minutes cite web | url=http://www.victorian-cinema.net/reynaud.htm | title=Charles-Émile Reynaud | work=Who's Who of Victorian Cinema | |accessdate=2007-03-11 |format= HTML ]It is one of the first animated films ever made and was the first to be screened on Reynaud's modified
praxinoscope , the optical theatre. [ cite web | url=http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/mountroyal/Hoffman/Animation/Reference/History.html | title=The History of Animation | work= | |accessdate=2007-03-11 |format= HTML ]Alongside
Le Clown et ses chiens andPauvre Pierrot it was broadcast in October 1892 when Emile Reynaud opened hisThéâtre Optique at theMusée Grévin . The combined performance of all three films was known asPantomimes Lumineuses . These were the first animated pictures publicly broadcast by means of picture bands. Reynaud gave the whole presentation himself manipulating the images. ] Unfortauntly, no copy exists, as Reynaud threw all but two of his picture bands in to the seine. ]References
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