CRÉATION DE LA SERPENTINE

  • Muu nimi/muut nimet: SERPENTINE DANSES
  • Lajityyppi: Short film
  • Vuosi: 1908
  • Kuvaus: A violinist enters a ballroom and initiates a dance. A man enters the hall. He interrupts the dance, makes the dancers disappear and then proceeds to transform himself into a demon before taking the musician to his laboratory. The demon and the musician prepare a magic potion in a large cauldron. The demon then makes a woman appear, who begins to perform a serpentine dance, first alone and then accompanied by a number of other dancers. This film forms part of what is known as 'cinema of attractions', successor to the popular shows of the late nineteenth century. Beyond a simple narrative, the film seeks to astound and amaze the audience through a series of visual tricks: transformations, overlays, substitutions and reverse motion, among others.
  • Avainsanat: balls; diables; ballarines; danses serpentines; trucatge; fantàstic; fantasmagoria; Cinema dels orígens / trick photography; fantasy; phantasmagoria; early cinema; violinists; dances; demons; dancers; serpentine dances;
  • Sisältölähde: Filmoteca de Catalunya
  • Oikeudet: Public Domain
  • Tuotantoyhtiö: Pathé Frères
  • Väri: Black & White
  • Ohjaaja: Chomón, Segundo de
  • Sound: Without sound
  • Kokoelma: Segundo de Chomón