Mr. Hurry-up

1907
7min

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueMr. Hurry-Up gets dressed in a rush, and then races down to breakfast. After a few quick bites and a couple gulps of coffee, he races out the door and heads to work. While working at his des... Tout lireMr. Hurry-Up gets dressed in a rush, and then races down to breakfast. After a few quick bites and a couple gulps of coffee, he races out the door and heads to work. While working at his desk, he begins to suffer from a painful toothache. Though he wants to get it dealt with as q... Tout lireMr. Hurry-Up gets dressed in a rush, and then races down to breakfast. After a few quick bites and a couple gulps of coffee, he races out the door and heads to work. While working at his desk, he begins to suffer from a painful toothache. Though he wants to get it dealt with as quickly as possible, Mr. Hurry-Up soon learns that some things should not be done hastily.

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- William K.L. Dickson

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5,5/10

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Snow Leopard

Does a Decent Job With Some Simple Material

This does a decent job of making some simple ideas worth watching. The story is pretty elementary, and is really based on just one or two gags. The actor playing "Mr. Hurry-Up" gives it his best effort, with some good energy and a couple of amusing expressions. Otherwise, the movie depends pretty much on whatever humor is inherent in the idea of someone who is always in a hurry.

It's a little more interesting when you think about the "Mr. Hurry-Up" character being created almost a century ago. His perpetual impatience seems clearly to be a parody of attitudes that were commonly observed even then. Much of the material in itself is fairly predictable, at least now, though the last part is a little more creative. The closing gag, though silly, comes off well enough.

6boblipton

A Hastily Written Review

This film was shot by Billy Bitzer. It makes uses of Melies-style camera trickery to comic effect. Mr. Hurry-Up is a New Yorker who lives life at a hectic pace, dressing and breakfasting in a hurry, rushing to the office, to the dentist to have an aching tooth pulled, all aided by undercranking the camera. It's only later, after drinking a full bottle of alcohol, that the world slows down and spins.... or rather, Mr. Hurry-Up does.

The use of undercranking and stop-motion to move objects around isn't used just to astonish the viewer, as Melies and his imitators did. Yes, they're used to amuse the audience with their bizarre audacity, but they also make points about the character's life and his mental state. They're becoming embedded as parts of the grammar of cinema. And about time, too.