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Another Gem from Cohl
The Boutdebois Brothers (1908)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Another incredibly charming film from French director Emile Cohl. This here uses stop-motion animation to bring two action figures to life where they do a variety of tricks including jumping through hoops and walking on stilts. If you're unfamiliar who Cohl is that's really not too shocking because even though he made the first animated movie he's pretty much been forgotten by many and that includes film buffs. If you're a fan of silent cinema or animation then you really need to check out his work because he made some pretty special gems and this here is one of them. I really thought the stop-motion work was excellent and especially when you consider this was 1908. I was really impressed with the stilts sequence, which looked perfectly done and very believable. At just two minutes the film goes by at a very quick pace and it's certainly highly entertaining.
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Another incredibly charming film from French director Emile Cohl. This here uses stop-motion animation to bring two action figures to life where they do a variety of tricks including jumping through hoops and walking on stilts. If you're unfamiliar who Cohl is that's really not too shocking because even though he made the first animated movie he's pretty much been forgotten by many and that includes film buffs. If you're a fan of silent cinema or animation then you really need to check out his work because he made some pretty special gems and this here is one of them. I really thought the stop-motion work was excellent and especially when you consider this was 1908. I was really impressed with the stilts sequence, which looked perfectly done and very believable. At just two minutes the film goes by at a very quick pace and it's certainly highly entertaining.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Jun 4, 2015
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- Runtime2 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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