CRÉATION DE LA SERPENTINE

Other title(s): SERPENTINE DANSES
Genre: Short film
Year: 1908
Description: A violinist enters a ballroom and initiates a dance. A man enters the hall. He interrupts the dance, makes the dancers disappear and then proceeds to transform himself into a demon before taking the musician to his laboratory. The demon and the musician prepare a magic potion in a large cauldron. The demon then makes a woman appear, who begins to perform a serpentine dance, first alone and then accompanied by a number of other dancers. This film forms part of what is known as 'cinema of attractions', successor to the popular shows of the late nineteenth century. Beyond a simple narrative, the film seeks to astound and amaze the audience through a series of visual tricks: transformations, overlays, substitutions and reverse motion, among others.
Keywords: balls; diables; ballarines; danses serpentines; trucatge; fantàstic; fantasmagoria; Cinema dels orígens / trick photography; fantasy; phantasmagoria; early cinema; violinists; dances; demons; dancers; serpentine dances;
Collection:
Provider: Filmoteca de Catalunya
Rights: Public Domain
Production company: Pathé Frères
Colour: Black & White
Director: Chomón, Segundo de
Sound: Without sound
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Collection: Segundo de Chomón