A Rare 1897 Film Discovered in an Old Trunk in Michigan Features the First On-Screen Appearance of a Robot Filmmaker Georges Méliès employed some of his signature special effects techniques to create comedy in "Gugusse and the Automaton"

A Rare 1897 Film Discovered in an Old Trunk in Michigan Features the First On-Screen Appearance of a Robot
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A little #RecoveredHistory for our Saturday: (former?) freelancer and #ChapoTrapHouse guest Dan O'Sullivan (osullyville.bsky.social on here I think?) flagged the risk of a Trump presidency back in April 2011. Not 2016, not 2015, 2011.