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Gaumont treasures, Gaumont Film Co. ; Kino Lorber ; curated by Pierre Philippe ; American edition produced by Bret Wood, Volume 2, DVD 1

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Gaumont Film Co. ; Kino Lorber ; curated by Pierre Philippe ; American edition produced by Bret Wood

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Short films that explore 2 dimensional animation, puppetry, etc. with some occational live action"On August 17, 1908, history was made at the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris, when the first pen-and-ink animated film by Emile Cohl had its premiere: Fantasmagoria. It was not the invention of animation. Others, including Emile Reynaud and Stuart Blackton, had experimented with certain techniques, but it was Cohl who dedicated himself to it and expanded the possibilities of the fledgling art form. He explored the effects of various forms of two-dimensional animation, pixillation, puppetry, and double-exposure, occasionally blending live action with animation, paving the way for other innovators--such as Winsor McCay and Walt Disney--who followed in his wake. But Cohl was more than a great technician. His films are infused with his unique personality. His tableaux vivants films, including Crowns and The Living Fan, reveal an affinity for Symbolist art. He was also a member of the 19th-century art rebels known as the Incoherents. As such, Cohl delighted in skewering all varieties of pomp and pretension, with a wit and irreverence that was a significant influence upon the Surrealist movement of the 1920s"--Container

Fantasmagoria (1908, 2 min.) -- The puppet's nightmare (1908, 2 min.) -- Drama at the puppets' house (1908, 3 min.) -- The magic hoop (1908, 5 min.) -- The little soldier who became a god (1908, 4 min.) -- The Boutdebois brothers (1908, 2 min.) -- Transfigurations (1909, 6 min.) -- Let's be sporty (1909, 5 min.) -- Japanese fantasy (1909, 1 min.) -- The happy microbes (1909, 4 min.) -- Modern eduacation (1909, 3 min.) -- The living fan (1909, 4 min.) -- Spanish clair de lune (1909, 4 min.) -- The next door neighbors (1909, 4 min.) -- Crowns (1909, 5 min.) -- Delicate porcelains (1909, 3 min.) -- Monsieur clown among the Lilliputians (1909, 4 min.) -- Comic mutations (1909, 3 min.) -- Matrimonial shoes (1909, 5 min.)The enchanted spectacles (1909, 5 min.) -- Affairs of the heart (1909, 4 min.) -- Floral frameworks (1910, 5 min.) -- The smile-o-scope (1910, 5 min.) -- Childish dreams (1910, 5 min.) -- En route (1910, 6 min.) -- The mind of the café waier (1910, 5 min.) -- Master of a fashionable game (1910, 4 min.) -- Petit chantecler (1910, 7 min.) -- The twelve labors of Hercules (1910, 7 min.) -- Petit Faust (1910, 5 min.) -- The neo-impressionist painter (1910, 6 min.) -- The four little tailors (1910, 7 min.) -- Art's infancy (1910, 4 min.) -- The mysterious fine arts (1910, 5 min.) -- The persistent salesman (1910, 8 min.) -- A history of hats (1910, 5 min.) -- Nothing is impossible for man (1910, 6min.) -- Mr. Crack (1910, 5 min.) -- Bébé's masterpiece (1910, 4 min.) -- Music-mania (1910, 5 min.)

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Emile CohlGaumont treasures, Volume 2, 1908-1916Gaumont treasures, 1908-1916