Only 47 seconds of this Melies movie survives. It shows a policeman pursuing two men in a wintry landscape. They try to dissuade him by throwing snow on him.
That's it. Presumably, earlier sections would show why the flic was running after the men, and later parts would have him frozen in place. It's an interesting idea for a chase comedy, and a bit out of the ordinary for the then popular genre.
Melies directed more than 500 movies from 1896 through 1912, but back-up copies were destroyed during the First World War, supposedly to make shoe heels for soldiers' boots, and Melies destroyed his copies, supposedly in a fit of depression. Interest in his work revived during the 1920s, when a showing of his work turned up less than 10 extant films. Over the last century many more have become available, but it's still only a fraction of his work.
That's it. Presumably, earlier sections would show why the flic was running after the men, and later parts would have him frozen in place. It's an interesting idea for a chase comedy, and a bit out of the ordinary for the then popular genre.
Melies directed more than 500 movies from 1896 through 1912, but back-up copies were destroyed during the First World War, supposedly to make shoe heels for soldiers' boots, and Melies destroyed his copies, supposedly in a fit of depression. Interest in his work revived during the 1920s, when a showing of his work turned up less than 10 extant films. Over the last century many more have become available, but it's still only a fraction of his work.
