Our next film to review is Georges Melies', "A Terrible Night." This is not to be confused with a film of the same name made in 1913. This one has to do with a man trying to get some sleep but a rather large bug seems to be preventing him from doing just that. So, the man must fight the, "bed bug", and the others that follow. That's it. Enjoy.
This certainly was a terrible night (although I've had much worse), and a funny one at that. I suppose Georges films are meant to be looked at as though a moving picture. Just an instance in time. The only one that the viewer might need to worry about. This film used the simple task of sleeping and gave an issue for the person sleeping to deal with. Now, I could be wrong with that statement, but what I believe is that film, to Georges, was meant to be something more than a recorded theater act. This may have been the reason that film was made; to support and visualize creativity and Georges Melies was one of the first people to do that.
There is a very unique simplicity to his films that emulates something more to than just living normally. People like to see other people succeed when watching a film (most of the time), and when your presented with a problem such as a bug, when you overcome it, you can then be at peace. It is then that you can sleep. You may have noticed this bug----> on the right end of the screen. It is very interesting to see an effect that looks surprisingly real for even today. To make every other object seem to fit reality exept for this one large bug, raises the wonder to how it came to be in the first place. At one minuet long, you will never not have time to look at this piece in Georges Melies' collection of films.
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