*It's a British robot driving a car. To Saturn. In 1911.
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Published on Nov 7, 2014
The Automatic Motorist (1911) | BFI National Archive.
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A bride, a motorcar, a robot chauffeur and a policeman - what could possibly go wrong? Fantasy and 'trick' film pioneer W.R. Booth uses cut-out animation and models to create a truly out-of-this-world sci-fi adventure. The mad-cap plot sees a newlywed couple transported from a country lane to outer-space (via St Paul's Cathedral), where the policeman encounters some pretty feisty Saturnians... W.R. Booth was a stage magician turned filmmaker, whose hand-drawing techniques pointed the way towards animated cartoons. His taste for fantastical imagery and Jules Verne-style journeys echoes the work of fellow illusionist Georges Méliès: the grinning moon in The Automatic Motorist is a definite nod to Méliès' A Trip to the Moon (1902).
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