Butchered Pig
The Mechanical Butcher (1895)
*** (out of 4)
Louis Lumiere directed this rather clever film that has a butcher putting a large pig into a magical box where when he opens the other side, he pulls out all sorts of pork and sausage links. THE MECHANICAL BUTCHER is called the first science fiction film by a lot of people but I'd say it's more of a trick film than anything else. I reckon you could get away with calling it sci-fi but I think you're really pushing for that. With that said, there's no doubt that this is quite entertaining and you can't help but smile and laugh at the various types of pork that gets pulled out of the box. At just 40 seconds this was obviously shot in one take and you have to wonder if this was it or were there outtakes or other issues that happened.
*** (out of 4)
Louis Lumiere directed this rather clever film that has a butcher putting a large pig into a magical box where when he opens the other side, he pulls out all sorts of pork and sausage links. THE MECHANICAL BUTCHER is called the first science fiction film by a lot of people but I'd say it's more of a trick film than anything else. I reckon you could get away with calling it sci-fi but I think you're really pushing for that. With that said, there's no doubt that this is quite entertaining and you can't help but smile and laugh at the various types of pork that gets pulled out of the box. At just 40 seconds this was obviously shot in one take and you have to wonder if this was it or were there outtakes or other issues that happened.
- Michael_Elliott
- 20 juil. 2015