When the entire kitchen staff falls asleep from exhaustion, a dwarf appears and animates various objects via stop motion -- including their hands, which he cuts off while they snooze -- to do their work.
One of Georges Melies' themes appears in THE TIRED TAILOR'S DREAM, which de Chomon has borrowed for this short. His production values are greater than those of Melies (this kitchen is staffed with eight people, whereas Melies' films on the theme are typically solo performances), but de Chomon pulls out all stops, including the macabre chopping off of hands, wicker baskets that weave themselves and flies that draw faces on bald heads. The last feels a bit like padding to me and lesser, thereby, than the stuff Melies did.
One of Georges Melies' themes appears in THE TIRED TAILOR'S DREAM, which de Chomon has borrowed for this short. His production values are greater than those of Melies (this kitchen is staffed with eight people, whereas Melies' films on the theme are typically solo performances), but de Chomon pulls out all stops, including the macabre chopping off of hands, wicker baskets that weave themselves and flies that draw faces on bald heads. The last feels a bit like padding to me and lesser, thereby, than the stuff Melies did.