RAW VIDEO: Long-lost 'robot' film by pioneering 19th-century auteur Georges Méliès discovered and restored

Credit: Shawn Miller. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center/Library of Congress/Cover Images A lost film by pioneering French filmmaker Georges Méliès has been discovered in the U.S. and ...
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A Rare 1897 Film Discovered in an Old Trunk in Michigan Features the First On-Screen Appearance of a Robot

Filmmaker Georges Méliès employed some of his signature special effects techniques to create comedy in "Gugusse and the ...
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Lost 1897 Méliès film with cinema's first robot restored

The Library of Congress has restored a long-lost 1897 Georges Méliès short film, Gugusse and the Automaton, believed to feature cinema’s earliest robot. The 45-second reel was found in a deteriorating ...

Takashi Yamazaki’s J.J. Abrams-Produced Giant Robot Movie ‘Grandgear’ Debuts First Look

Grandgear, a new movie produced by J.J. Abrams and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, got its first look at CinemaCon and we've ...

Curators at Library of Congress discover lost film by legendary cinema pioneer after spotting 'subtle clue'

The Library of Congress discovered a lost 1897 film by Georges Méliès, a legendary pioneer of special effects, featuring one ...