Beyond the Bolex
MovieTitle | Beyond the Bolex |
User score | 7 |
Release date | Nov 8, 2018 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Alyssa Bolsey |
Production country | Switzerland |
Production companies | Akka Films, ARTE, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, Sea Owl Productions, Société Suisse de Radiodiffusion et Télévision (SSR), RTS |
Run time | 95 min. |
Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras, old film reels, fading photos, technical drawings and boxes of documents that belonged to her great-grandfather Jacques Bolsey. Among the many boxes, she spots an old movie camera with the word "Bolex" embossed on its side and a dangling tag with the date, "1927." Entranced, she embarks on a journey to reveal how Jacques aimed to disrupt the early film industry with a motion picture camera for the masses.