Segundo de Chomón — Director (58)
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Metempsychosis (1907) Douban
Métempsycose
director: Ferdinand Zecca / Segundo de Chomón
other title: 转生 / Métempsycose …
The special effects pioneer Segundo de Chomón reinterprets for the camera a famous stage illusion that featured a metamorphosis from one object (or person) into another. Here a statue turns into a butterfly fairy who performs a number of dazzling costume transformations that are a feast for the eyes.
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The Music Lesson (1909) IMDb TMDB Douban
La leçon de musique
director: Segundo de Chomón actor: Julienne Mathieu
other title: 音乐课 / La leçon de musique …
In front of a portico, a music teacher teaches music theory to a group of young women, including Julienne Mathieu. A piano stands on the right side. A staff is drawn at the top of the portico. The four singers have extendable necks, and their heads, as they elongate, form notes. Beneath the heads, thus detached from their bodies, and against a black background, white cut-out paper figures come to life. Then the heads return to the women's shoulders. From a white ball placed in the middle of the painting, eggs emerge and are placed on the staff. Then stick figures also emerge, forming the stems of the notes. Finally, stick figures come to life. This scene is repeated three times with different animations.
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Whimsical People (1908) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Les lunatiques
director: Segundo de Chomón
other title: 异想天开 / Les lunatiques …
A moon-woman shakes a Pierot costume and manifests a Pierot clown. She does this four more until there are five Pierots crowded on the ledge of the moon. They fall to the earth and dance like tops turning one by one into Columbine maidens.
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Metamorphoses (1912) IMDb TMDB Douban
Métamorphoses
director: Segundo de Chomón
other title: 千变万化 / Métamorphoses
A female magician presents several impressive metamorphoses, combining stop-motion animation and camera tricks.
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Barcelona Park at Twilight (1904) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Barcelone - Parc au crépuscule
director: Segundo de Chomón
other title: 巴塞罗那-公园黄昏 / Barcelone - Parc au crépuscule …
Segundo de Chomon documents a park in Barcelona, filming its extensive area, filled with trees and some constructions around. The innovation here is that instead of obtaining immobile images as usual in many films of the period, the director makes the camera move through the location, apparently shot while he was on a boat. Written by Rodrigo Amaro
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Old Toledo (1912) IMDb TMDB Douban
La Histórica Toledo
director: Segundo de Chomón
other title: L'antique Tolède / La Histórica Toledo
Fascinating views of Toledo: Bridges, elaborately decorated halls and other architectural highlights that appear to date from as early as the 8th century.
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The Troubadour (1906) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Le troubadour
director: Segundo de Chomón actor: Gabrielle Robinne
other title: 吟游诗人 / Le troubadour …
On an elaborately decorated stage, the titular troubadour of the title bows. He then proceeds to pull several cards out of mid air and arrange them on the floor. Then, taking a banjo he multiplies himself into seven different troubadours, each playing a different musical instrument. A moment later, they all vanish and we are left with the troubadour who we were first introduced to at the beginning of the film. He explodes in a puff of smoke, and an enormous fan appears and unfolds. On it appears a vision of a castle tower with a maiden in it, and the troubadour outside the tower window, talking to her. The vision dissolves, and the troubadour bows, thus ending his performance.