Segundo de Chomón 1903-1912

Name: Segundo de Chomón 1903-1912
Brand: Cameo Media, S.L.
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Spanien Edition, PAL/Region 0 DVD: TON: Stummfilm ( Mono ), Englisch ( Untertitel ), Spanisch ( Untertitel ), BONUSMATERIAL: Schwarz und Weiß, Szene Zugang, Wechselwirkendes Menü, SYNOPSIS: Segundo de Chomón (1871-1929) became involved in film through his wife, who was an actress in Pathé films. In 1902 he became a concessionary for Pathé in Barcelona, distributing its product in Spanish-speaking countries, and managing a factory for the colouring of Pathé films. He began shooting actuality films of Spanish locations for the company, then 1905 moved to Paris where he became a trick film specialist. The body of work he created over five years was outstanding. Films such as Le Spectre Rouge, Kiriki - Acrobates Japonais, Le Voleur Invisible and Une Excursion Incohérente are among the most imaginative and technically accomplished of their age. De Chomón created fantastical narratives embellished with ingenious effects, gorgeous colour, innovative hand-drawn and puppet animation, tricks of the eye that surprise and delight, and startling turns of surreal imagination (see, for example, the worms that crawl out of a chocolate cake in Une Excursion Incohérente, one of a number of films where visitors or tourists are beset by nightmarish haunted buildings, a favourite de Chomón theme). It is curious why he is not generally known as one of the early cinema masters, except among the cognoscenti in the field. Perhaps it is because there is a smaller body of work than that created by Georges Méliès (his works can perhaps be described as a cross between that of Méliès and another who combined trickery with animation, Emile Cohl); perhaps it is because he was a Spaniard working in France for the key part of his film career that has meant tha...The Genius of Segundo de Chomón ( Los Héroes del Sitio de Zaragoza / L'Hereu de Can Pruna / Barcelone, Parc au Crépuscle / Le Roi de Dollars / Plongeur Fantasti

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Release Date:

1903

Number of Discs:

1

Publication Date:

2010

Publisher:

Cameo Media, S.L.

Aspect Ratios:

1.33:1

Languages:

Original: Spanish

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