Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1901)
- Directed by
- Ferdinand Zecca
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man tries to go to sleep but a series of odd and mischievous events in his bedroom make it difficult. Objects move on their own and the room transforms in strange ways.
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What happens
Une tempête dans une chambre à coucher est un court métrage muet français réalisé par Ferdinand Zecca et produit par Pathé frères, sorti en 1901. Le film est sorti aux États-Unis en mai 1902 sous le titre Going to Bed Under Difficulties, distribué par Edison Manufacturing Company. Vincent Mirabel, dans son livre L'Histoire du cinéma pour les nuls, estime que Ferdinand Zecca a tendance à « faire du neuf avec du vieux » et que dans ce film, « ses visions cauchemardesques ressemblent à du Magritte ». (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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