stackyFACTSEarly cinema was a high-stakes game of survival disguised as entertainment. The first flexible photographic film was made from nitrocellulose, a chemical compound practically indistinguishable from guncotton. The intense heat of a projector lamp could easily ignite the reels, turning projection booths into spontaneous infernos.
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