Gugusse and the Automaton
The Work of Cinema in the Age of Algorithmic Reproduction WEB EXCLUSIVE Written by Trevor Pronoso | Contributing Writer Last February, the Library of Congress discovered what was thought to be a lost film by renowned early cinema illusionist Georges Méliès titled Gugusse and the Automaton (1897). What makes this film uniquely special isn't just limited to film historians and cinephiles (though it doesn't hurt to see more recovered films lost to time). What makes this film truly worth your...