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  • Automate (1952)
  • Short | 5 min | Documentary, Short
Automate (1952)
Short | 5 min | Documentary, Short
This philosophical documentary draws up a panorama of all categories of machines. Starting with the human machine, because the automatons of the 18th and 19th centuries (android automatons of Jaquet-Droz, musical automatons of Jean-Marie ...See moreThis philosophical documentary draws up a panorama of all categories of machines. Starting with the human machine, because the automatons of the 18th and 19th centuries (android automatons of Jaquet-Droz, musical automatons of Jean-Marie Phalibois) allow us to draw a parallel with the complex mechanics of the human body. Are we not natural automatons, as Descartes thought, with our automatic gestures disconnected from the conscious mind? Written by Lutèce Créations See less
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Director
Léonide Azar
Writers
Léonide Azar (concept) | André Gillois (writer)
Cinematographer
Léonide Azar
Editor
Léonide Azar
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Updated Dec 31, 1952
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1952 (France)

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