The Electric Hotel (1908)
- Original title
- El hotel eléctrico
- Directed by
- Segundo de Chomón
- Genre
- comedy film, fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 9 min
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 65 voters
- 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 short silent film where an electric hotel seems to have a mind of its own. Furniture moves by itself and objects appear and disappear through trick photography.
whimsicalplayfulinventivesurrealfast-pacedlightheartedvisual trickery
What happens
Hôtel électrique (also released in Spanish as El hotel eléctrico; transl. The Electric Hotel) is a 1908 silent French comedy-fantasy trick film directed by Segundo de Chomón and produced by Pathé Frères. The short appears to be inspired by the 1907 American short film The Haunted Hotel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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