Premier Prix de violoncelle - 1907
ABOUT THE FILM : Premier Prix de violoncelle
Lobster FilmsFirst Prize for Cello
Year: 1907
An artist settles down on a folding stool right in the middle of the street and starts playing. Soon enough, objects of all sorts are thrown from the windows, without interrupting the musician's inspiration... until a little girl brings him flowers. The musician thanks her, bows and leaves.
An absurd playlet perfectly adapted to fairground projections.
Nationality: French
Length: 2' 41"
Genre: comedy
Sound: silent with soundtrack
Original elements: black & white
Producer: Pathé
Composer: Eric Le Guen
Original language: French
A BRIEF HISTORY : Premier Prix de violoncelle
Anonymously produced by the Pathé Frères Company, this short film stands out by its sense of outrageousness.
André Breton hasn't been around yet ; Picabia and Duchamp have not yet laid the bases of their nonsensical theories. Picasso and Braque are still attending their painting classes, and yet, the author of this little masterpiece shatters the rules of film grammar. Its absurd sense of humor reminds one of Tex Avery (that will only be born in 1908).
One regret: that there were no other cello, flute, or piano recitals : we are left to imagine the disaster that might have occurred!
