March 4, 2010: The Kinematograph
The Kinematograph was the second time-filler film I saw in a packaging of Oscar-nominated animated short films for 2009. A thoughtful fictional account of a man trying to perfect the presentation of colour- and sound-equipped motion pictures before the advent of motion pictures at all, this is a worthy film although I think it suffered because of the tone of the other films with which it was presented. Following a string of comedic animated shorts, the shift to this movie trying to make a complex statement about love and loss and passion didn’t manage to strike me the way it should have. The technical pedigree of The Kinematograph is solid, and I might enjoy it in another setting.
Decent filler but out of place.
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