Danse Macabre (1922)
- Original title
- Danse macabre
- Directed by
- Dudley Murphy
- Genre
- horror film, silent film, dance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 21 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 short silent film set to Saint-Saens's Danse Macabre. It shows Youth and Love trying to escape Death during the Black Plague in Spain. The film combines dance and animation.
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What happens
Danse Macabre is a 1922 American short silent film directed by Dudley Murphy and conceived by ballet dancer Adolph Bolm, who also stars in the film. Set to Danse macabre, a symphonic poem for orchestra by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, the film depicts Youth (Bolm) and Love (Ruth Page) attempting to evade the grasp of Death (Olin Howland) in Spain during the Black Plague. The film is one of a series of twelve "visual symphonies" set to classical music by Murphy, and was advertised as the first dance film to be synchronized with a sound score. Danse Macabre was filmed entirely on a studio set, with Francis Bruguière providing the lighting. In addition to the central dance routine, the film features animation by commercial animation house F. A. A. Dahme, as well as superimposition effects. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Original Movie (1922)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.