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Director:
Segundo de Chomón
Release Date:
19 December 1908 (USA) more
Genre:
Short more
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El Hotel electrico is a fascinating early use of stop motion photography more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hôtel électrique (France)
The Electric Hotel (USA)
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Runtime:
8 min
Country:
Spain | France
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Company:
Pathé Frères more

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Featured in Historia del cine: Epoca muda (1983) (V) more

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El Hotel electrico is a fascinating early use of stop motion photography, 11 June 2007
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Author: tavm from United States

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Just saw on YouTube what must have been one of the earliest uses of stop motion animation in history. In summation, as baggage is checked in that baggage moves by itself to a room where it opens itself revealing lots of brushes that now move out. We next see a man and a woman sitting down before we see the man's boot get unbuckled by itself. With the boot off, a brush moves itself up and down on the front end. We next see the woman's coat come off by itself before her hair gets a thorough brushing-also by itself-before the hair ties itself into a bun. Then comes a scene of a man in front of a wall full of electrical switches. As he pulls one large switch down, we cut to a scene of various chairs and other furniture moving in chaotic ways as the short ends...Primitive but still fascinating look at trick photography in the early 20th century. Must have truly awed audiences back then. Definitely worth a look for silent film buffs.

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