39 min

Bullet Time and the History of Slow Motion in Film Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries

    • Society & Culture

1999 movie, "The Matrix" popularized the use of "bullet time" or the method of using slow motion in film to create a time bending effect. But it wasn't the first to do so, not by a long shot. Travel back in time with us to experience a story about Smirnoff commercials, a 1900's Austrian priest who loved movies, and the father of modern cinema, Akira Kurosawa. Thomas Edison gets mentioned several times in this episode, despite having no actual presence in this particular history.

1999 movie, "The Matrix" popularized the use of "bullet time" or the method of using slow motion in film to create a time bending effect. But it wasn't the first to do so, not by a long shot. Travel back in time with us to experience a story about Smirnoff commercials, a 1900's Austrian priest who loved movies, and the father of modern cinema, Akira Kurosawa. Thomas Edison gets mentioned several times in this episode, despite having no actual presence in this particular history.

39 min

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