How It Feels to Be Run Over
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How It Feels to Be Run Over is a one-minute one-minute British silent film, made in 1900, and directed by Cecil M. Hepworth. As in other instances of the very earliest films, the film presents the audience with the images of a shocking experience, without further narrative exposition.[1]
Summary
A coach is coming, and moves out of the frame at one side of the field of view. Soon after, an approaching car veers off course and moves straight to the viewer (the camera). As it approaches, the occupants wave frantically, hoping to stave off the impending collision. At the moment the car fills the entire frame the film cuts to title cards that bear the text "Oh, mother will be pleased".[2]
Cast
- Cecil Hepworth (Driver)
- May Clark (Passenger)
- And many actors as passengers
References
- ^ "In praise of... the wow factor at the movies" (editorial). The Guardian. November 19, 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ Sarah Street (2008). British national cinema. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-38422-3.
See also
- Explosion of a Motor Car, another 1900 Hepworth film involving a car
External links
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