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Le gros et le maigre

  • 19611961
  • 15m
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6.2/10
1.3K
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Le gros et le maigre (1961)
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A small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his mansion. The slave jumps and le... Read allA small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his mansion. The slave jumps and leaps like a madman, wipes his master's brow, feeds him, washes his feet, shades him from th... Read allA small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his mansion. The slave jumps and leaps like a madman, wipes his master's brow, feeds him, washes his feet, shades him from the sun with an umbrella and holds a urinal for him.
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    • Roman Polanski
    • Roman Polanski(scénario)
    • André Katelbach(uncredited)
    • Roman Polanski(uncredited)
    • Roman Polanski
    • Roman Polanski(scénario)
    • André Katelbach(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Roman Polanski directed this fifteen-minute black-and-white short just after completing film school. The film features the music of Krzysztof Komeda, who composed the scores for all but one of the director's films between Two Men and a Wardrobe (1958) and Rosemary's Baby (1968). (from the Criterion Collection DVD)
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    3 Polanski shorts
    Fat and the Lean, The (1961)

    ** (out of 4)

    Another Polanski short has him playing "Lean", a servant to the "Fat" man. I guess this thing was trying to be funny but it certainly wasn't. Some nice camera-work however.

    When Angels Fall (1959)

    ** 1/2 (out of 4)

    An elderly woman works a lousy job but she's capable of seeing things like no other. This short from Polanski has a lot of good moments but it really doesn't work well enough for the running time. The use of color was nicely done and the war scenes were very good.

    Lamp, The (1959)

    ** 1/2 (out of 4)

    Surreal film from Roman Polanski about a doll maker. There's really no "story" here but instead we get various strange images. The images are nice but overall the film somewhat drags.
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    • Feb 29, 2008

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      • October 27, 1967 (United States)
      • France
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      • A.P.E.C.
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    • 15 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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