The Suicide Club (1909)

Directed by

D. W. Griffith

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

4 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.

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How it feels

A silent film from 1909. It tells a story about a secret society and a prince who confronts its mysterious leader.

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What happens

The Suicide Club è un cortometraggio muto del 1909 diretto da David W. Griffith. È la prima trasposizione cinematografica per il ciclo di racconti di Robert Louis Stevenson, pubblicato nel 1878 sul London Magazine. L'American Mutoscope and Biograph Company ne aveva comprato i diritti cinematografici. Griffith ne aveva poi tratto questo cortometraggio che, comunque, ha poco in comune con la storia originale di Stevenson. Dove il Principe Florizel si trovava a confrontarsi con una misteriosa società che agiva attraverso il presidente del Club dei Suicidi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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