Paul Merton's Weird and Wonderful World of Early Cinema (movie)
- User score: 7
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Producer: Paul Merton
- Production companies: BBC Bristol Productions
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 3/28/2010
- Run time: 59 min.
Movie description
Paul Merton goes in search of the origins of screen comedy in the forgotten world of silent cinema - not in Hollywood, but closer to home in pre-1914 Britain and France. Revealing the unknown stars and lost masterpieces, he brings to life the pioneering techniques and optical inventiveness of the virtuosos who mastered a new art form. With a playful eye and comic sense of timing, Merton combines the role of presenter and director to recreate the weird and wonderful world that is early European cinema in a series of cinematic experiments of his own.
