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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)
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9 January 1894 (USA)
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A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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The sneeze heard 'round the world
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 | Fred Ott | ... | Sneezing Man |
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| William K.L. Dickson | |||
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| William K.L. Dickson | .... | producer | |
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| William Heise | |||
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"Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze, January 7, 1894" - USA (complete title)
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One contemporary account of this two-second film (which was viewed not on a screen but as a film loop in a single-person viewing device) says that it was accompanied by a phonograph recording of a sneeze.See more »
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Best known as Fred Ott's Sneeze, W.K.L. Dickson's short Kinetoscope should most likely be classified as some sort of documentary, although Mr. Ott's exaggerated wind-up and release come off as a little less than authentic. The novelty of moving images stunned and amazed those who saw these early subjects following their creation at Thomas Edison's famous Black Maria studio. And even though it is not the oldest film listed in the database, it was the first film to have a copyright filed on its behalf. Lasting only a few seconds, the movie itself holds a kind of rare and inexplicable fascination for lovers of film. Difficult to put into words (you could have watched the complete work a number of times in the span it takes to read this), I always feel like I am seeing the cinema's equvalent of Eve biting into the apple.