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L'aspirateur (1908)

L'aspirateur poster
Original title
L'Aspirateur
Directed by
Segundo de Chomón
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
France
Runtime
4 min
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French silent comedy short where a man uses a vacuum cleaner to cause chaotic and magical effects. The film uses stop-motion tricks to show objects disappearing and reappearing.

playfulwhimsicallightheartedinventiveenergeticvisualsillyfast-paced

What happens

L'aspirateur is a French silent short film directed by Segundo de Chomón and distributed in English-speaking countries under the titles The Aspirator and The Vacuum Cleaner. According to different sources, the film was released in 1908. The film combines stop-motion tricks with continuity editing and cross-cutting. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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