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The Chinese Shadows

1908 · 3 min

A brief, gentle curiosity: costumed performers present a shadow theatre, and the trickery of early cinema flickers by in a few quiet minutes.

Overview
At the beginning of this film two women come onstage dressed in Oriental fashion. They present a shadow play theatre.

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • art
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    family
    Form
    • animated
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism3
    Romance0
    Tension0
    Darkness0
    Complexity1
    Emotional weight0

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, animation
    Directed by
    Segundo de Chomón
    Starring
    Julienne Mathieu
    Runtime
    3 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    No Language

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