Segundo do Chomon Screening in THE DEVIL PROBABLY: A CENTURY OF SATANIC PANIC series at Anthology Film Archives on Feb. 2nd
/Segundo de Chomón & Ferdinand Zecca THE RED SPECTRE / LE SPECTRE ROUGE (1907, 9 min, 35mm-to-digital, silent)
Often compared to Georges Méliès, Segundo de Chomón was a pioneer of early “trick films” that showcased his talent for sophisticated animation techniques and stenciled color. One of his best-known titles, THE RED SPECTRE showcases a series of spectacles performed against a hellish landscape by a Luciferian magician as a competition ensues with an unexpected and equally devilish heroine (one which suspiciously brings to mind his cinematic rivalry with Méliès).
THE RED SPECTRE / LE SPECTRE ROUGE is included in the Il Cinema Ritrovato award-winning DVD edition SEGUNDO DE CHOMÓN (1903-1912): EL CINE DE LA FANTASIA with many other short films by Segundo de Chomón.
THE RED SPECTRE is showing before the feature presentation, Nino Oxilia’s RAPSODIA SATANICA, at 6:45pm.
LE SPECTRE ROUGE (1907)