motion picture

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"She actually looked at a motion picture and went, 'I get it! He's going to be the villain and they're going to do this'," he recalled.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The first facility being built with the construction incentive program is called 1888 Studios, named for the year Edison filed his patent for the motion picture camera.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

To display his photographs in rapid succession, Muybridge invented a device that birthed the motion picture.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

A simple place to start would be to memorize the best two-word speech to never appear in a major motion picture: Do better.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

It’s like watching a motion picture, something you know is just made up, and yet you believe it.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz