Lanterna Magicka Trailer

Acclaimed Scots director Bill Douglas (Bill Douglas Trilogy) collected early and pre-cinema optical devices such as praxinoscopes, zoetropes and panoramas. He included many of these in his final masterpiece, Comrades (1987), an epic portrayal of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, as seen through the eyes of an itinerant Lanternist (played by Alex Norton, one of 14 roles he plays in the film). Lanterna Magicka explores the history of Bill Douglas's collection and the making of what would prove to be his final film.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Bill
• Douglas
• Comrades
• Trilogy
• Alex
• Norton
• lanternist
• magic
• lanterns
• praxinoscopes
• pre-cinema
• early
• cinema
• Sean
• Martin
• Louise
• Milne

[891Filmhouse]

Hi, Thanks for the comment. Glad you liked it! We have no festival screenings confirmed at the moment, but will post details online as soon as we do. The film is being released on 27 July as part of the DVD of Bill Douglas's Comrades.

[rbbonotto]

Is it available in the US?

[cjs1973]

I saw about half an hour of Comrades on Film4 and on the strength of that half hour (middle of film) I bought the dvd and I absolutely love it, one of the greatest films made, a British masterpiece!

[gareththefireman]

I have comrades on DVD. Absolutely fuckin awesome. One of THE great British films.

[rtlav]

I enjoyed watching this streamed video when can I see the actual video on a cinema screen?