“Chasing the Wheel” is a silent French film of the first decade of the cinema .
| Wheel chase | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| A country | France |
| Year | 1911 |
Content
Story
Two boys remove the wheel from the cart and let the wheel downhill . The wheel knocks everyone in his path (the seller of the plaster figurines that he carried in a wooden tray on his head; a merchant with a basket of bread; a cyclist, etc.) All the victims rush behind the wheel . The wheel rolled ashore and stuck in the sand. Chasing break the wheel and beat each other with knitting needles. [one]
Artistic Features
“... Shooting of films of this kind was still conducted from one point, but some editing techniques were already emerging in them: each new episode of the chase was a completely finished piece. It was possible to glue such pieces in any order, however, they framed their initial and final episodes ... ” ( Sergey Komarov ) [1]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 V. Komarov . The history of foreign cinema. Volume 1. A silent movie . - M.: “Art”, 1965.
See also
- Elephant Acrobat (film)
- Delegates arrive at the photoconference in Lyon
- Arrival of the train at La Ciotat station
- The victim of alcohol (film, 1903)