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The machine that made us / directed by Patrick McGrady ; produced by Patrick McGrady and Wavelength Films.
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- Video
- Series:
- Filmakers Library online
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468.
- Gutenberg, Johann.
- Printing presses--History.
- Printing presses.
- Printing--History--Origin and antecedents.
- Printing.
- History.
- Communication--Social aspects--Europe--History.
- Communication.
- Communication--Social aspects.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (57 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2009.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- Summary:
- In an age of sophisticated technology, this film helps us appreciate the enormous contribution to culture, politics, industry and even human psychology of Johann Gutenberg's 15th century achievement - the printing press. Stephen Fry, writer and actor, energetically explores the story of the machine, and of the man who created it. To really understand the man and his machine Stephen gathers a team of craftsmen to help him build a copy of Gutenberg's printing press and sets himself the task of learning how to make the paper and type to print as Gutenberg once did. It is through these practical trials and tests that Stephen demonstrates the brilliance of Gutenberg's invention and brings the man and his machine to life. The film also investigates why printing mattered so much to Gutenberg and his contemporaries. It explores the political and religious turmoil which shaped Gutenberg's world, and was affected by this invention.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 14, 2013).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2013. (Filmakers library online). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 864629179
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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