Because of the use of stop-motion as a form of trick film making, this film is very reminiscent of the films of Georges Méliès--though it lacks the artistic touches that a Méliès film usually has. Instead, it comes off as a bit frenetic.
Alice Guy has managed to tell, in a thoroughly confusing manner, the entire story of Faust in about two minutes!!! I laugh at this because the original story consisted of 25,000 lines of non-rhyming German verse. How anyone expected to adequately address this complex story so quickly is beyond me. To try, Guy often stops the camera to make things seem to magically appear. However, unless you are very familiar with the original story, the whole thing is a confusing nightmare--and it STILL wasn't easy for me to follow even though I had read this dreadfully dull story.
Not bad for 1903, but a confusing film nonetheless.
Alice Guy has managed to tell, in a thoroughly confusing manner, the entire story of Faust in about two minutes!!! I laugh at this because the original story consisted of 25,000 lines of non-rhyming German verse. How anyone expected to adequately address this complex story so quickly is beyond me. To try, Guy often stops the camera to make things seem to magically appear. However, unless you are very familiar with the original story, the whole thing is a confusing nightmare--and it STILL wasn't easy for me to follow even though I had read this dreadfully dull story.
Not bad for 1903, but a confusing film nonetheless.