Wow...this is an odd little curio from 1909! In the film "Spring", there really isn't a plot per se, but a series of vignettes with ladies and a few children dressed up in idealized Grecian-sort of clothing as well as dressed up like fairies. They cavort about in a variety of settings in the Springtime and I assume it's a fanciful way of dramatizing how these spirits all cause Spring to occur. It is a bit bizarre and very dated--and seeing ladies dancing about in diaphanous clothing is interesting...though not especially entertaining when seen today. However, the exceptionally nice print, music and the oval aperture make for a rather artistic viewing experience--even if it's not for most tastes!
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Spring
Michael_Elliott10 August 2010
Le printemps (1909)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Those wanting something a tad bit more surreal from director Feuillade are certainly going to find it here. This film shows us various objects that you might relate to spring (a spring, a lake, a tree, birds and so on) and shows us the fairies that "bring them to life" or something like that. I'm really not sure what the actual plot here but we're basically shown various vignettes with ladies dressed in white who are superimposed over the images. Again, I'm not sure what all of this is suppose to mean or what the director was trying to do but it's mildly entertaining up to a point. At 7-minutes I think it wears its welcome out early on but some of the images are so bizarre that you can't help but be entertained on some level.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Those wanting something a tad bit more surreal from director Feuillade are certainly going to find it here. This film shows us various objects that you might relate to spring (a spring, a lake, a tree, birds and so on) and shows us the fairies that "bring them to life" or something like that. I'm really not sure what the actual plot here but we're basically shown various vignettes with ladies dressed in white who are superimposed over the images. Again, I'm not sure what all of this is suppose to mean or what the director was trying to do but it's mildly entertaining up to a point. At 7-minutes I think it wears its welcome out early on but some of the images are so bizarre that you can't help but be entertained on some level.
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