This version of "Gulliver's Travels" by Georges Méliès lasts only four minutes long...which isn't unusual for 1902. However, Jonathan Swift's novel is quite long and the only way to make it in four minutes is to pretty much skip all the plot! So, there's no context or explanation for anything! It's a shame, as technically it's a lovely film for its day...but only showing a few disparate pieces of the book really does the story a huge disservice.
Worth seeing if you are a huge Georges Méliès fan, otherwise he's simply done much better films that I suggest you try first.
Worth seeing if you are a huge Georges Méliès fan, otherwise he's simply done much better films that I suggest you try first.