The Monster is an interesting hyper short silent film from 1903 (Which is now the earliest feature I've seen).
It tells the story of an Egyptian Prince who pays a dervish to resurrect a dead lover. As grisly as it may sound it's actually very comical and rather playful. We see our corpse in comedic skits, dancing and the whole thing is quite ahead of its time.
Certainly The Monster suffers with limitations based upon the time of release such as the lack of music and less than flawless video quality but it makes up for this by being highly quaint and surprisingly funny.
I'm not a lover of silent cinema, for me the silence is deafening but 3 minutes is manageable and it allowed me to appreciate that they did something quite impressive with such restrictions.
The Good:
Looks great for its time
Oddly funny
The Bad:
Usual set of restrictions
It tells the story of an Egyptian Prince who pays a dervish to resurrect a dead lover. As grisly as it may sound it's actually very comical and rather playful. We see our corpse in comedic skits, dancing and the whole thing is quite ahead of its time.
Certainly The Monster suffers with limitations based upon the time of release such as the lack of music and less than flawless video quality but it makes up for this by being highly quaint and surprisingly funny.
I'm not a lover of silent cinema, for me the silence is deafening but 3 minutes is manageable and it allowed me to appreciate that they did something quite impressive with such restrictions.
The Good:
Looks great for its time
Oddly funny
The Bad:
Usual set of restrictions