Movies and TvShows featuring "electric-light" theme.

Suzhou River tells the story of a motorcycle courier who becomes infatuated with a woman he sees while making a delivery in Shanghai. When he mistakenly kidnaps a different woman thinking she is his love interest, he becomes tangled in a web of deception and intrigue. As the story unfolds, we are taken on a journey through the streets of Shanghai and the mysterious Suzhou River, exploring themes of love, obsession, and the blurred lines between reality and fantasy.

In Presto, a magician struggles to perform his act as his rabbit refuses to cooperate. Chaos ensues as the magician tries to regain control and save his show.

Tobacco Road is a comedic drama set in rural Georgia, revolving around a family's struggles to survive amidst poverty and a pending eviction. The story follows their quirky and sometimes reckless antics as they navigate various challenges, including sin, hiding, and a race against time. With a mix of southern gothic elements and heartwarming moments, this film offers a unique portrayal of life in the backwoods.

Edison, the Man is a biographical film that tells the story of Thomas Edison, from his humble beginnings as an aspiring reporter to his rise as one of the greatest inventors in history. The film showcases his struggles, including his deafness, poverty, and skepticism from the scientific community, as well as his achievements, such as the invention of the electric light and the phonograph. Edison's determination and genius are explored, along with his impact on society and his relentless pursuit of innovation.

In 'Tis a Gift, the magical world of Shining Time Station comes alive during Christmas Eve. When a miniature person mysteriously disappears from a train station's Christmas tree, a train conductor and a little girl team up to find the missing ornament. As they embark on a magical adventure, they encounter laughter, sadness, reconciliation, and the true meaning of Christmas.

Zdenek Pešánek created the first public kinetic sculpture, for the power station in Prague. This short experimental film focuses on a kinetic sculpture by Zdenek Pešánek. For a period of eight years it issued beams of light from the outside wall of a transformer station at Prague’s power utility before its destruction in 1939. Though genuine, these shots seem abstract to us. They are a rhythmically assembled ode to the light-creating devices and phenomena of electricity. Light arcs, coils, bulbs and various luminous elements support the alternation of positive and negative film images, creating an impressive universe of light and shade. In the 1920s, Pešánek had obtained financial support for his work with electric kinetic light art. In the 1930s, he was the first sculptor to use neon lights. He built several kinetic light pianos, and published a book titled “Kinetismus” in 1941. —http://www.centerforvisualmusic.org

A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play...

A Czechoslovakian avant-garde film. A visual symphony of Prague by night.

This short dramatizes how profoundly the inventions of Thomas A. Edison have affected the world in which we live. In addition to the electric light, Edison developed the system of alternating current that carries virtually all of the world's electricity, as well as storage batteries and electric motors. Other highlighted inventions include the phonograph, automatic stock ticker, wireless telegraphy, mimeograph machine, and, of course, the world's first motion picture studio.