Love and Molasses (1908)
- Original title
- Amour et mélasse
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 10 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 young man starts his first job and gets into a messy situation involving a sticky substance. The film uses simple visual tricks to create humorous moments.
slapstickplayfullightheartedcomedicsilent-eragimmickyshortfarcical
What happens
Love and Molasses, also known as His First Job and in French as Amour et mélasse, is a 1908 French short silent film credited to Georges Méliès. It was sold in the United States by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1246–1249 in its catalogues; no release is documented in Méliès's native France at the time. A 1981 analysis of the film's style, published in a Centre national de la cinématographie guide to Méliès's work, concluded that this film is probably one of those directed by Méliès's employee, an actor known as Manuel. The "molasses" featured in the film is actually water; the film's special effects are worked with substitution splices. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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