Showing posts with label The Man With The Rubber Head (1901). Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Man With The Rubber Head (1901). Show all posts

Monday, August 24, 2015

The Silent Image In Modern Medium: "Uncle Grandpa" and The Funny Face Party


I just happened to be watching a streaming episode of the very quirky and strangely entertaining cartoon Uncle Grandpa yesterday, which features the funny face party of season one.  I immediately thought of  a Georges Melies film of 1901 that goes by several names, the two most famous being The Man With A Rubber Head or The India Rubber Head (L'homme á la téte de caoutchouc) , which had to be both the inspiration for the episode and an out and out homage to the Melies.  Both are hilarious and speak for themselves as imagery.