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The Fireworks Are Good
In an empty mansion's corridor, flames appear and form into a Mephistophelean magician who conjures,a couple of women and then a fireworks,display.
It's another Pathe film directed by a Segundo de Chomon, offering an exhibition of Melies-style magic. It's competently done, but by the time this came out, such movies were losing their zing. Story films were on the rise, and new film grammars would arise that would eat this sort of movie. Also, given Melies' appearance as the magician in his movies of this type, and his stage presence, his films are slightly better on those terms.
Where Pathe wiped the floor with Melies was in the production values. Pathe produced every sort of market, they distributed other producers' products, and if you take a look at the tint job on this one, particularly the finale, which consists of fireworks, you will be impressed.
It's another Pathe film directed by a Segundo de Chomon, offering an exhibition of Melies-style magic. It's competently done, but by the time this came out, such movies were losing their zing. Story films were on the rise, and new film grammars would arise that would eat this sort of movie. Also, given Melies' appearance as the magician in his movies of this type, and his stage presence, his films are slightly better on those terms.
Where Pathe wiped the floor with Melies was in the production values. Pathe produced every sort of market, they distributed other producers' products, and if you take a look at the tint job on this one, particularly the finale, which consists of fireworks, you will be impressed.
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- boblipton
- Feb 23, 2020
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- Runtime4 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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