The Birth of the Telephone
MovieTitle | The Birth of the Telephone |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Dec 12, 2021 |
Genre | Animation |
Director | David McShane |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | New Creatives, Arts Council of England, BBC Arts |
Run time | 3 min. |
Originating from footage of Thomas Watson relating the conception of the telephone, Birth of the Telephone distorts and challenges the simplicity of this account. We uncover a different type of birth occurring. Here is a device that, beneath the camouflage of instrumentality, raises questions about connection, anxiety and death.