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Titolo: The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla

http://tinyurl.com/VIDEO-The-Secret-Nikola-Tesla
Movie with Orson Welles (on english)
Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were
stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to
this day


Tesla also applied his resonance engines in bizarre forms of physical
therapy. He created machines that flooded the human body with
electrical currents and strong vibrations, intended to soothe aches
and promote healing. And Tesla wasn't just the inventor of the
"electrotherapeutic" device -- he was also a client. He reportedly
became somewhat addicted to administering the treatment to himself,
insisting that a session with the machine rejuvenated him on his long
stretches of work without food or sleep. Tesla once let his friend
Samuel Clemens try out the healing machine. The author is said to have
enjoyed the experience tremendously -- until the vibrations brought
him a case of spontaneous diarrhea. Tesla marketed this invention, and
the Tesla Electrotherapeutic Company was one of the few commercial
enterprises of his old age that was marginally successful.

this day
LOL! Read that again!

 LOL! Read that again!
Where should the missing s go?
Barry

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Interesting movie

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S obzirom na domacu produkciju film je solidan, malo je Petar Bozovic
(pre)ukocen kao Nikola Tesla, cudi me kako Radu Serbedziju nisu
angazirali da igra Teslu...
Vanja Drach je zanimljiv kao Mark Twain...

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Ne mogu gledati taj video no pretpostavljam da je to Papicev "Tajna
Nikole Tesle" jer tu Bozovic glumi Teslu... Ako je, to je dosta los
film. Inace, Serbedzija je glumio Teslu u seriji Nikola tesla iz 1977
(
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273375/
)

 (
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273375/
)
IMHO Papicev film i nije tako los, Rade Serbedzija je nedavno za HTV
snimio i dokumentarac o Tesli

 Interesting movie
Yes it is! I was not aware of it. It's 1979 dramatization of the Story
of Tesla that seems well done with some decent money spent on it
including Orson Wells playing a role. A quick search of the Net shows
you can grab the "digitally remastered" DVD for $20 or so. Very nice.
The Croatian film (link above) includes some nice shots from the Tesla
Museum including his hat, cane etc. as well as some of the better
known photographs such as his large radio transmission tower (which is
always portrayed as a wireless energy transmission scheme to discredit
it. Truth is that Tesla himself testified in court under oath that the
tower was intended as a trans-Atlantic radio system much as Marconi
built much later. One of Tesla's problems was his love of self-
promotion by making seemly outrageous statements to the press).
But the real mystery of the film and Tesla is not his secret
inventions but rather why it is that 100 years later debunkers are
STILL quick to jump on his case with disinformation and half-truths.
There MUST be a political story of exceptional magnitude!  But the
kooks never disappoint providing all the "channelings" and wild
stories to continue to throw chaff into the wind whenever the name is
Tesla is mentioned.  Isn't it more than just a bit odd that the
Smithsonian still refuses to install a bust of Tesla, the man who
almost singlehandedly invented the 20th century while constantly
promoting Edison for that position who of course did also provide a
wide range of inventions of some social impact such as the movies or
phonograph, but that hardly compares with the industrial impact of the
induction motor.  When Edison was faced with a large industrial
discoveries such as the development of carborundum, he refused to buy
a platinum crucible causing his assistant to leave and invent it
without Edison's help.  Let's face it Edison was a proven asshole of
large proportions!  But of course that doesn't matter now because we
have use of BOTH the inventions of Tesla AND Edison.
Happily the dramatization of Tesla doesn't dwell on the usually
emphasized kooky stories and represents a rather well-done piece.
Yeah, I'm going to buy a DVD. It's a nice usually ignored piece of
history to have.