The Old Footlight Favorite (1908)

Original title

Trop vieux!

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

10 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 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.

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How it feels

An aging performer struggles with becoming irrelevant as time passes. The film shows his attempts to stay in the spotlight while facing his own limitations.

melancholicbittersweetreflectivenostalgicsentimentalslowsimplequiet

What happens

The Old Footlight Favorite (French: Trop vieux!, literally "Too Old!") is a 1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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