#college chums

[unclefungusthegoat]

Saw Endgame today with @lucy-and-loki and @thorsburglarhobbit and here you can see the progression from somewhat OK, to armed with Marvel themed Kleenex, to completely emotionally destroyed.

I CRIED 5 TIMES.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAD TO SIT THERE AND WATCH THAT WITH MY OWN TWO EYES.

MARVEL I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU.

[nitrateglow]

Really amusing Edwin S. Porter film from 1907. It’s about a college guy whose girlfriend sees him in the park with another woman, so he tries to pretend it was his sister. When the girlfriend insists on meeting this sister, the guy’s friend offers to cross-dress for a visit. Needless to say, shenanigans ensue.

Also have to give a shout-out to the way the film eschews traditional intertitles during a phone call. The filmmakers use animated subtitles and it is a treat!

[moviewatchprojectofdoom]

#42 IMDb 1907: College Chums

An Edison comedy (11 min.) by Porter of a young man, trying to get out of a difficult position with his fiancee, has his old college friend pretend to be his sister. Although the telephone exchange in this film is brilliant (animated text moves between two insets to literally spell out the conversation for us), the rest of the film is a little overly-ambitious in terms of comic effect. Yet for that, most of it works well, and most of the humor carries through.