A scientist's invisible ray freezes Paris into immobility.A scientist's invisible ray freezes Paris into immobility.A scientist's invisible ray freezes Paris into immobility.
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- TriviaThis film is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for Under the Roofs of Paris (1930).
- GoofsEverybody in Paris is supposed to be immovable. However, when the group goes back up to the Eiffel tower, a car can be seen driving through the streets of Paris in the background.
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA Srl (2 Films on a single DVD). The film has been re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Az európai film kezdetei (1989)
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This short feature had so much potential early on in the movie: just imagine - you wake up and the whole city is frozen, asleep in an ever-lasting dream and you're the only one who is not. You can do whatever you want, use all the riches in the world but how long will it last until you realize that living in the world and existing in it are two completely different things? Some people get tired of living very soon and the others are fine with existing their whole lives - it's what you can do with the time that you've got on this Earth that counts.
Sadly the movie doesn't explore the human nature in this movie much, instead shifting the focus toward sci-fi explanation of the phenomenon by the end of it and loses its grip where it could've been a good drama.
Fantastic camera work, some impressive shots of empty Paris and decent performances don't allow you to fall asleep along with the other Parisians in the movie but other than that it's an average body of work with just another promising premise wasted.
Sadly the movie doesn't explore the human nature in this movie much, instead shifting the focus toward sci-fi explanation of the phenomenon by the end of it and loses its grip where it could've been a good drama.
Fantastic camera work, some impressive shots of empty Paris and decent performances don't allow you to fall asleep along with the other Parisians in the movie but other than that it's an average body of work with just another promising premise wasted.
- jamesjustice-92
- Mar 9, 2022
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- Runtime59 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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