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All movies seen on 03/19/2016

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Cinderella or The Glass Slipper (1912)

Directed by Georges Méliès

Short | Fantasy

Overview

Georges Méliès’s first attempt at Cinderella was in 1899. That film was extraordinary then for having multiple scenes and a semblance of a narrative; additionally, the use of dissolves as transitions in it influenced other filmmakers for years to do the same. Méliès was the cinema world’s preeminent leader then. By 1912, however, that was no longer the case; frankly, as evidenced by this feature, his style had become dated. Moreover, Méliès had begun to adopt techniques from other filmmakers, such as direct cuts instead of dissolves, and there’s even a match on action shot during the slipper trying-on scene.

Length 24 minutes

Actors

Louise Lagrange | Jacques Feyder | Marthe Vinot

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

When I saw this listed on Fandor as the 1899 version I was pretty excited. It’s not. Rather this is the 1912 they have which I’ve read isn’t quite as magical in the techniques Melies uses. Still interesting to see this version and some of the transitions are neat.

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