Monday, 21 December 2015

Gonna party like it's 1899

Cinderella (1899)

Directed by Georges Melies this film stars Mlle Barral, Bleuette Bernon, Carmelli and Jehanne d'Alcy. A young woman is not allowed to attend the ball, thankfully her fairy godmother rocks up to save the day.

Benefiting from being based on a well known story this film does not necessarily give the complete tale of Cinderella but it does manage to squeeze a lot into six minutes. As with an Melies film the special effects and more dream like sequences are the highlight of the film. This may still be early in his film making process but this is a good watch from Melies.


3/5

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