Post by Capo on Feb 2, 2007 1:15:03 GMT
Le chaudron infernal
The Infernal Boiling Pot
Georges Méliès 1903 France
Two devils fry three people in a boiling pot; their ghosts explode and the fireballs destroy everything.
Coloured prints survive of this; if it does not stay with us as much as other Méliès shorts, it is of note nonetheless as regards space (still very theatrical and head-on, but a character runs behind a cauldron at one point), and the superimposed ghosts that sprout up at the end to wreak havoc.
The Infernal Boiling Pot
Georges Méliès 1903 France
Two devils fry three people in a boiling pot; their ghosts explode and the fireballs destroy everything.
Coloured prints survive of this; if it does not stay with us as much as other Méliès shorts, it is of note nonetheless as regards space (still very theatrical and head-on, but a character runs behind a cauldron at one point), and the superimposed ghosts that sprout up at the end to wreak havoc.