Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying motion pictures. In one embodiment, a cylindrical body with vertical facets ringed by a series of motion-picture images within or around the cylinder (that independently turn within or around the cylinder). When the images spin within or around the substantially fixed cylinder, to the viewer looking through the cylinder's faceted field, the background images pass (or “flip”) through two or more of the cylinder's facets, producing a “shutter-like” effect, such that each image is replaced by an adjacent one of the series of motion-picture images (to produce an animated effect).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying motion pictures. In one embodiment, a cylindrical body with vertical facets and then a motion picture image affixed to each facet (creating a series). In this embodiment, the images are substantially flat against a glossy background, and there is a reflected light source cast upon them. When the cylindrical body is rotated about its longitudinal axis, to the viewer, a reflection of the images “hovers” just above the underlying images, and the spinning (or “flipping”) of the facets produces a “shutter-like” effect, such that each reflected image is replaced by an adjacent one of the series of motion-picture images (to produce a magical animated effect).