What is the first movie to use a VCR (or recording device) to trick an adversary?

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I was watching "Columbo: Playback", and the murderer uses a video security system to cover up a murder.

It got me thinking, what was the first movie to use video playback to trick another character? The other two notable examples I can think of is Speed and Ocean's Eleven.



Best Answer

There are several different versions of this appearing in television, however the earliest film version that I could find was the 1968 Italian film, Danger: Diabolik. Directed by de Laurentis, and a score by Ennio Morricone, it features a criminal named Diabolik who plans large heists for his girlfriend. It was an adaptation from existing comics at the time.

In this, Diabolik is planning to steal a costly emerald necklace. The only video I could find is a Spanish subtitled version. In this, starting at ~ 46:55 Diabolik scales the walls of castle to enter the room. Once in, he sees the camera, takes a Polaroid of the room and places it in front of the camera.




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What was the first motion picture?

The world's earliest surviving motion-picture film, showing actual consecutive action is called Roundhay Garden Scene. It's a short film directed by French inventor Louis Le Prince. While it's just 2.11 seconds long, it is technically a movie.

What was the first movie ever?

1888. In Leeds, England Louis Le Prince films Roundhay Garden Scene, believed to be the first motion picture recorded.

When was the first video taken?

Roundhay Garden Scene is a short silent motion picture filmed by French inventor Louis Le Prince at Oakwood Grange in Roundhay, Leeds in the north of England on 14 October 1888. It is believed to be the oldest surviving film in existence.

When was film invented?

The first to present projected moving pictures to a paying audience were the Lumi\xe8re brothers in December 1895 in Paris, France. They used a device of their own making, the Cin\xe9matographe, which was a camera, a projector and a film printer all in one.



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