Top 2 Best Films of 1881
- Athlete Swinging a Pick Director: Eadweard Muybridge
- Skeleton of Horse Director: Eadweard Muybridge
United Kingdom (formerly United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) | Northern Europe | Europe
1881 | 1880s | 19th Century
Eadweard Muybridge went down to his bare skin in "Athlete Swinging a Pick" (1881) in order to show the full force of a human being that can be achieved through movement. Combining physiology and myth, this is also a first attempt at exposing how the camera can fake reality into fiction.
![Skeleton of Horse (1881) Skeleton of Horse (1881).png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/5e7e4e9b6ea7d523feb7d768/3d1da79b-cbfb-46d5-b230-9ab55b7bc143/Skeleton+of+Horse+%281881%29.png?format=1500w&content-type=image%2Fpng)
United States (currently United States of America) | Northern America | North America
1881 | 1880s | 19th Century
Potentially the earliest work of stop-action animation, Eadweard Muybridge's "Skeleton of Horse" (1881) entices us to the art with its elaborate attention to detail and crisp imagery – a beautiful reminder of the painstaking efforts of the scientists working on moving photography in the 19th century.
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