35mm, Black and White, Silent
http://www.thoughtequity.com/video/clip/1656042_005.do?GCID=C15754x009
This early 'trick' film features a Victorian gentleman objecting to being photographed. As the man's head comes closer (with, for the time, a sophisticated adjustment of focus), he opens his mouth and engulfs the photographer. Many early films explored the point of view in similar playful ways.
The film refers in passing to the first gestures of discontent on the part of passer-by who were filmed without their consent.
Diane
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