Segundo de Chomón / 45 mins
A selection of mesmerising shorts from Segundo de Chomón, a master of European silent cinema with new live musical accompaniment from Die Kunst. Films include Le Scarabée d’or (1907), Excursión Incoherente (1909) and Metempsycose (1907).
Often dubbed the Spanish Méliès, Segundo de Chomón was an innovator of Spanish cinema who worked across Europe as a director and cinematographer, working on a number of high-profile productions including Abel Gance’s Napoleon (1927). In his pioneering trick films, suffused with images of devils, sorcery and mysticism, Chomón experiments with pixilation, morphing techniques and double exposure.