Kind of surprised Zecca didn’t copy Melies here and shoot the film through an aquarium.
I like how Zecca incorporates the title card into the scene- attempting to pan down from the title to the bottom of the sea- unfortunately the jarring cut makes it a failed attempt.
Zecca loves to shock his audiences- so here we get a murder at the bottom of the sea- which, by the way, is just littered with dead bodies.
I like the way…
Zecca has made much longer films at this point- so we have to keep in mind that a film like this was part of a larger line up of films that would have been part of an evening or matinee of films.
So what we get is two fellas in ridiculous wigs and beards (Zecca on the right) arguing about politics before tearing each others hair out and ending by laughing together.
How I WISH political discourse went like this…
Had to do a little research on the symbolism of the Cypress Tree to try to understand this film a little- and here’s what I found to be relevant-
“In Sufi symbolism, the cypress tree is the symbol of the perfect man. The upright tree, slightly bent at the top, symbolizes the perfect man or Prophet's submissiveness to Allah's will.”
From this I’d gather (as no cypress trees appear in this film) that the father here is meant to represent…
I can sum these thirty minutes up in thirty words- a father is afraid of dying and forces his young family to constantly consider death, traumatizing the lot of them.
If you want to know how cryogenics work- this thirty minute documentary is not for you.
If you want to know how cryogenics actually affects families that use it- this thirty minute documentary is not for you.
If you want to watch a guy named Nas constantly explaining to his…
