Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams

Name: Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
Genre: Action, Documentary
Released: 2013
Duration: 1 h
Rating: 7.7

2013 1h 00m 7.7/10 IMDb

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Action Documentary

About the movie

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.—escherplex

Available Qualities 1080p, 720p

File Sizes 1.03 GB, 567.84 MB

Language en

IMDb TT2963906

Added Mar 22, 2021