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What is today quite a common - in fact, outdated - special effect, at first surprises the viewer in such an old film but quickly becomes a little boring because too much time is spent on each individual trick. The special effect in question is the use of stop-motion photography to bring life to inanimate objects. We see a rather odd couple book into a high-tech hotel and, as their room is prepared, their baggage makes its own way upstairs and unpacks itself. Then the couple make themselves at home in the room. The man has his shoes polished by brushes and his whiskers trimmed by a razor that appears to float around in midair while the woman has her hair brushed and plaited. At the end of the film - perhaps reflecting a fear of new technology - everything goes haywire and the furniture begins spinning around the room. Like a kid with a new toy, director Segundo de chomon, spends too long at play…
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