Wednesday 15 May 2024

On balance

 

An Impossible Balancing Feat (1902)


Directed by Georges Melies this is an early short film. A man balances copies of himself on his head and hands.


Using camera tricks this short pulls off seemingly impossible feats. To the modern eye it is pretty clear what is going on here, the camera tricks are fairly obvious. Kind of disappointing that the impressive backdrop at the start does not hang around.


3/5

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