Continuing our IMDb series series this week, where we watch one film per week starting at #0000001 (be sure to check out our post on 'Carmencita').
This week is a little strange, as IMDb title #0000002 is an unfortunately lost film, the director disposing of most all of his work in the Seine during a bout of melancholy. So we move on.
IMDb title #0000002: ‘Le Clown et ses chiens’ (1892, Charles-Émile Reynaud)
IMDb title #0000003: 'Pauvre Pierrot' (1892, Charles-Émile Reynaud)
Debuting alongside 'Le Clown at ses chiens', 'Pauvre Pierrot' was one of Reynaud's films that has survived - albeit only partially. Originally fifteen minutes, a mere four minutes survive today. And that makes 'Pauvre Pierrot' the world's earliest surviving animated film, and one of the first ever made. Its animation is actually nicely handpainted (depending on which version you watch) and the humour is typical pantomime.
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