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We stopped calling them moving pictures in 1910. They're motion pictures now.

• serf 3y ago
  I read it as 'moving' (emotionally stirring) picture (a common-use colloquial for 'movie'; A film – also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick) and that it is -- definitely emotionally stirring. It was amazing to me, having watched it many years previous, that it was essentially a 1:1 representation of my widowed father. when I watched it recently it was less funny than I had remembered it, much sadder. I think that's because I had realized that it wasn't as much of a satire/parody than I had thought originally.
  • xapata 3y ago
    The audience is rescued from the sad moments by letters to Ndugu. I remember a couple times being on the edge of tears, only to cheer up when I heard, "Dear Ndugu."
• ant6n 3y ago
  …and since 1915, we’ve been calling them movies. [1] [1] https://pictureshowman.com/when-did-the-term-movie-replace-motion-picture/ https://pictureshowman.com/when-did-the-term-movie-replace-m...