Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

He_who_lurks "Spanish Bullfight" is a Lumiere film made later in the Bros' career, way after they started bringing traveling cameramen into their film business. At a minute long as always, again the title states the action. The movie takes place in an arena, showing the huge crowds come to watch the bullfighting. The main focus, though, is the bull itself which is being more taunted than fought by some toreadors, one on a horse, another standing on the ground. All they do is annoy the animal and that's it.However, it has to be said, such a scene will disturb some people EVEN THOUGH THE FOOTAGE CAPTURE IS NOTHING PARTICULARLY GORY! It is true that several early films featured cruelty to animals, such as the cockfight films, "Electrocuting an Elephant" etc. This is an addition to that genre. If such activity doesn't disturb you, than it's harmless, but if you support the PETA or are an animal lover, avoid at all costs.

Michael_Elliott Spanish Bullfight (1900) The title should tell you all you need to know in regards to the plot. This clocks in just under a minute and we see a bull go after several people in the ring trying to get at it. There's certainly nothing overly special about this film but it's worth noting that the cinematography is actually extremely good for the time that this was made. It's also worth noting that it seems the director made sure that the "performers" knew what they could and couldn't do in the frame. I say this because it seems everyone involved tries to make sure that the bull doesn't go out of the frame so this here is something that makes this film stand out.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) This is a 1900 movie that runs for 45 seconds roughly and shows us basically the events in an arena where several people go up against a bull, one of them even on a horse. I personally find bullfighting a despicable activity, so I cannot appreciate this film really. From a filmmaker's perspective, I would not call it a bad effort, but there were already moving cameras a couple years ago, so it's a bit disappointing to see this static camera still in 1900, even if it is still 115 years ago. Of course, the film is silent and black-and-white as always these days. I cannot say I recommend this movie. Even if you don't mind bullfighting, there is nothing really memorable about it in my opinion.

Snow Leopard The photography - in particular, the composition - in this early short feature is very good, but the choice of material is possibly less so. It's one of the earlier examples of the many movies that have combined technical skill with subject matter that some viewers will find uncomfortable.The movie shows about a minute or so of footage from a bullfight, and in technical terms, it is quite successful. The footage survives in surprisingly good condition, and it films the events from what seems to have been a carefully chosen vantage point. You can clearly see a portion of the crowd in the foreground, then the main action, and then, in the background, a pretty clear view of the crowd on the other side of the arena.While formal development of techniques like deep focus photography may have been a much later innovation, this is one of a number of very early films that show that even very early film-makers had the idea, without necessarily using a specific term for it, of trying to take a clear picture of both a foreground and a distant background.In its content, the movie covers a popular but somewhat inhumane activity, which lessens its entertainment value except for those who would not be bothered by it. (And indeed, some viewers would find nothing objectionable about it at all.) The footage does not, in fact, contain any particularly brutal sights, but the nature of the material being filmed would diminish for some viewers the satisfaction that otherwise could be had from the good quality technical aspects of the movie.