Leslie Zemeckis's Blog - Posts Tagged "san-francisco"
The Inventor and the Tycoon
First pour yourself a San Francisco cocktail before slipping into this delectable history on the birth of movies.
1 oz gin
1 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz dry vermouth
dash of bitters
dash of cherry juice
garnish with a cherry and pour into a martini glass
Edward Ball makes a convincing case for photographer Eadweard Muybridge(just one of his many alias) as the inventor of the moving picture. A first class photographer recluse, odd ball and first class shit, Muybridge shoots his wife's lover dead. This being the frontier days the jury - of men - sympathized with the photographer and found him to be not guilty. Sponsored by tycoon Leland Stanford, railroad tycoon and first class shit the two forge a strange friendship. Stanford finances Muybridges experiments with moving pictures. Well written and interesting, I knew nothing of either man. Parts bog down, but ultimately very readable. Enjoy
1 oz gin
1 oz sweet vermouth
1 oz dry vermouth
dash of bitters
dash of cherry juice
garnish with a cherry and pour into a martini glass
Edward Ball makes a convincing case for photographer Eadweard Muybridge(just one of his many alias) as the inventor of the moving picture. A first class photographer recluse, odd ball and first class shit, Muybridge shoots his wife's lover dead. This being the frontier days the jury - of men - sympathized with the photographer and found him to be not guilty. Sponsored by tycoon Leland Stanford, railroad tycoon and first class shit the two forge a strange friendship. Stanford finances Muybridges experiments with moving pictures. Well written and interesting, I knew nothing of either man. Parts bog down, but ultimately very readable. Enjoy
