Animalomania is a dvd with accompanying booklet. The dvd contains 12 silent movies from before World War I, ranging from short fiction, reports, documentaries and news reels to amateur footage. They were chosen by Eric de Kuyper and put on music by Hughes Maréchal. The accompanying publication contains three essays by Marc Holthof, Raf de Bont and Arnoud Odding & Tiziana Nespoli, with an introduction by Eric de Kuyper and Stef Franck.
CONTENT
Martyrs Chrétiens (Christian Martyrs - Lucien Nonguet, 1905, 6' 46")
Chasse au lion (Hunting lions - [from Hunting in Abissinia] - Hyacinthe Pirmez & Dupain, 1908-1909, 6')
Chasse à la panthère (Hunting the panter - Alfred Machin, 1909, 7' 06")
Little Moritz chasse les grands fauves (Little Moritz hunts big cats - Alfred Machin, 1902, 11' 45")
L’actrice Arlette Dorgère présente la nouvelle mode dans un salon (The actress Arlette Dorgère presents the latest fashion at a showroom - Anon., 1913, 1' 21")
L’actrice Arlette Dorgère présente la mode parisienne au cours d’une exposition canine, au Luxembourg (The actress Arlette Dorgère presents Parisian fashion at a dog show at the Luxembourg garden - Anon., 1912, 1' 03")
Mademoiselle Varesca, de la Comédie Marigny, fait des essayages chez le fourreur Henri Vergne (Miss Varesca, from the Comédie Marigny theatre, tries on garments at furrier Henri Vergne - Anon., 1913, 1' 20")
La protection des animaux (The protection of animals - Anon., 1911, 35")
Stryekoza I Muravey (The grasshopper and the ant - Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1911, 7' 25")
Fütterung von Riesenschlangen (Feeding boa constrictors - Anon., 1911, 2' 33")
La chenille de la carotte (The caterpillar of the swallowtail butterfly - Anon., 1911, 9' 51")
La peine du talion (Tit for tat - Gaston Velle, 1906, 5' 19'')
Total playing time: 61'
Silent films with original titles in English or French
Booklet: English, Dutch
Regional code: PAL (region free)