RETOUR DE FLAMME # 27 AT THE MONTMARTRE GARDENS (19 June, 2004)
DESTINO Animation / United States 1946 / 7’ / A Walt Disney Production One has heard of the links between Dali and film, of his collaboration with Buñuel in the early thirties. But who knows he also tried his hand at film animation? For the centenary of his birth, we offer you to discover, for the first time in Paris, the wonderful result of the meeting between Salvador and Walt.
COPS Slapstick / United States 1922 / 20’ / By and with Buster Keaton One year before starting the shooting of his feature films, Keaton made a success of Cops, one of his finest shorts. This comedy ends up with a famous sequence, in which Buster is chased after by hundreds of cops but nevertheless manages to lose them.
SINBAD THE SAILOR Cartoon / United States 1935 / 7’30 / Director Ub Iwerks After leaving the Disney Studios where he had drawn the first Mickeys, Ub Iwerks created his own studio and launched the Comicolor series in 1933. In this series, he used the two-colour process in stories adapted from the classic fairy tales. In this episode, Sinbad the Sailor escapes from Bluto the pirate.
LE DIAMANT BALLADEUR Slapstick / United States 1925 / 19’15 A disappointed lover tries in vain to commit suicide.
CONFESSION Comic film / France / 1905 / 1’ A pretty young woman confesses a lust sin to a priest, who seems very interested...
MÉTAMORPHOSES DU PAPILLON Trick film / France / 1904 / 1’ / Production Pathé, director Gaston Velle From the chrysalis to the butterfly-woman, a metamorphosis wonderfully coloured by Segundo de Chomon.
ANNA QU’EST-CE QUE T’ATTENDS Comic film / France 1916 / Gaumont Phonoscene restored by Lobster / 3’ The idea of having a picnic on Sunday looks very doubtful if Anna, the family mother, does not hurry up a little more.
LA JOIE DE VIVRE France / 1934 / 9’ / Animated film in Black and White / Directors : Hector Hoppins & Anthony Gross An amazing poetic ballet, with Avant-Garde graphic inspiration.
PATES POL Commercial / France 1930 / 0’30 A funny comparison between the consistency of the Pol pasta and the firmness of the feminine flesh...
LA FEE AUX FLEURS Fantasy / France 1905 / 1’ / Production Pathé, Director Gaston Velle / Hand tinted A young woman dressed in Pompadour makes flowers grow thanks to a magic watering can.
LA POULE MERVEILLEUSE Trick film / France 1902 / 2’ / Production Pathé / By and with Ferdinand Zecca A magic trick rather... special, with a magician, a hen, six eggs and chicks.