Monday 2 May 2016

Not Japanese, not acrobats

Kiri-Kis (1907)

Directed by Segund de Chomon this is a short film that is surprisingly colourful for it's age. A bunch of people in yellow face lie on the floor pretending to be Japanese acrobats.

This is a simple trick of filming people on the floor from above to make it seem like they are doing amazing tricks. Neither the camera trick itself or having a bunch of people in yellow face is interesting. Compared to the other shorts I have seen from the same director this one was a real let down.


2/5

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