Slippery Jim (1909)
- Original title
- Pickpock ne craint pas les entraves
- Directed by
- Segundo de Chomón
- Genre
- crime, comedy, fantasy
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 11 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 thief uses supernatural tricks and stop-motion effects to evade the police in a series of comedic chases. The film is a short silent comedy from early French cinema.
whimsicalplayfullightheartedfast-pacedtrick-filledcomedicsurreal
What happens
Slippery Jim (French: Pickpock ne craint pas les entraves) is an 8-minute 1909 French silent trick film directed by Segundo de Chomón and produced by Pathe-Freres. The film heavily utilizes stop-motion to aide in its visual comedy. It bears similarities to other films by Chomón, such as Diabolical Pickpocket (L'insaisissable pickpocket) produced in 1908 and The Invisible Thief (Le voleur invisible) also produced in 1909. The films share a thief capable of supernatural abilities while escaping the law. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Invisible Thief (1909)
Rude Awakening (1908)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.