Friday, March 13, 2009

Paris Qui Dort / The Crazy Ray / 3:25 (1925), Rene Clair

The only woman in the world...

Lovely, short (18 min) whimsical silent that finds one man awakes to find himself alone in an empty Paris. Climbing down from the Eiffel Tower, he realizes that the city is not empty but asleep, all its inhabitants frozen in time. He and a troupe of air passengers from Marseilles live upon the Eiffel Tower, their boredom deepening, until they hear a radio message calling all "survivors" to the address of an eccentric scientist.

Is this an innocent precursor to I Am Legend?

is watched by the only remaining men.

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