Beheading the Chinese Prisoner (1900)
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1 min
- 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
This is a very short silent film from 1900 that recreates a beheading. It was inspired by news reports of the Boxer Rebellion and made on a rooftop in Philadelphia.
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What happens
Beheading the Chinese Prisoner, also known as Beheading a Chinese Prisoner, was a 1900 silent film produced by Siegmund Lubin. The 42-second-long film, which was inspired by news reports of the Boxer Rebellion, was produced on the roof of the Lubin Studios building in Philadelphia. It is considered an early example of "yellowface", and is featured in Arthur Dong's 2007 documentary film Hollywood Chinese. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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