|
Excellent one hour documentary narrated by Professor Simon Schaffer which explores the fascinating and rarely told story of automata, those intricate clockwork devices built hundreds of years ago with the intent to mimic and recreate life. Of particular interest are Jaquet-Droz’s ‘The Writer’ (1774) and Merlin’s ‘The Silver Swan’ (1773) which beautifully illustrate the degree of technical mechanical sophistication achieved by artisans over 240 years ago. There is also a funny aside: the record Prof. Schaffer places on the turntable at the end (columbia LX466, 1935 impression) is the Beethoven String Sonata Opus 132 and not the Symphony 7 so BBC used any old record and overlaid the sound track. |
|
|
| Ratings: | IMDB: 7.9/10 | |
| Released: | June 3, 2013 | |
| Runtime: | 60 min | |
| Genres: | Documentary | |
| Countries: | United Kingdom | |
| Companies: | Furnace British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Furnace | |
| Cast: | Simon Schaffer Ilan Goodman Laura Heath Jonathan Betts | |
| Crew: | Simon Schaffer Nic Stacey | |
Information
PrimeWire is a social site for discovering, sharing and watching movies and TV shows. more info
PrimeWire.tf is the official domain for PrimeWire
Latest Comments
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S2 E7
artrok2000 : Folks are forgetting this is the most expensive TV series EVER made. Can someone please e...
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S2 E7
Geckoboy666 : Totally agreed
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S2 E7
Geckoboy666 : I'm aware of this. How they are using things they don't have the rights for with only ahvi...
We Were Tomorrow
grasshopper rex : That date was still just for buy/rent. Until it goes to regular Prime steaming, we won't s...
Top Comments
Cool World
trillianregina : I recommend everyone watch this film. It will make other films better by comparison.
Still Walking
NoelCoyotebleu : Thank you. It looks like it may be exceptional.
Wolfs
greyfur : Snap, that was pretty good, only thing that I found disappointing was that at the end they...
Shameless
Asiram : I'm finally bingeing this series in 2024. It's fantastic! For something similar try Outra...
artrok2000 : This series has done wonders for my insomnia