Actually a very nice looking but extremely short film. It's a total of 18 seconds long but it is a silent film by Thomas Edison and, from what I've read, the first film ever edited. This is a real piece of film history one that is good to watch whether for film history or for entertainment value.
The film looks fairly realistic - in particular for 1895! Sure the actor playing Mary Stuart was replaced with a dummy for the edit - they are not going to execute a real actor and that was the purpose of this film - film editing! It's actually very Gothic looking - the executioner and the execution - neat piece of film history.
9/10
The film looks fairly realistic - in particular for 1895! Sure the actor playing Mary Stuart was replaced with a dummy for the edit - they are not going to execute a real actor and that was the purpose of this film - film editing! It's actually very Gothic looking - the executioner and the execution - neat piece of film history.
9/10