Huge television organizations have been searching for years for something which has been found by a small team of academics, namely impressive takes which, after exacting mechanical and digital processing of each image, and following their copy on security film (almost fireproof film), were proven to be the very first motion pictures in the history of the archaeological film. Shots from Eric Schlieman\u2019s last year of archaeological digs in the mythical land of Troy? A motion picture dating from 1890? Almost incredible, but perfectly feasible. An exciting adventure in the scientific field, which at the same time sheds new light on an almost unknown pioneer of cinematic history. Louis Aim\u00e9 Augustin Leprince, who was born in France in 1842 and studied in Paris and Leipzig, produced the first successful movie camera. As early as 1888, Leprince was awarded the american inventor\u2019s patent no. 376.247. In 1890 the inventor vanished mysteriously. It took more than one hundred years for the discovery of these unexpected traces, which lead us directly to Eric Schlieman, the millionaire merchant and researcher. Martin Emele\u2019s film shows that the computer is a unique tool which permits us access to the image and makes visible that which was formerly beyond our reach. Seen from this angle, \u201cBlur Up\u201d reflects, to a large extent, the medium which was used, even though the film challenges and tests our faith in the image\u2019s truth. At the same time, the film adopts an innovative cinematic form, by playing, on a visual level, with the fundamental principle of archaeological layers.<\/p>\n
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