Guillaume Tell et le clown

Okay, I actually laugh when the dude was beating up the clown

One of the better non story jump cut films

One of the earlier and simpler takes on a type of stop trick picture Méliès did quite a bit of; both the set up and execution are a little too obvious here in comparison to the later versions. Still cute, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfCTSq_jImg

Not the "real" William Tell but a lifesize homunculus that turns on his creator. Melies's genius here is that he treats one of the largest and growing horrors of the next century in a light, comic way: how the hell do we keep our tech under control? For the last 65 years, it's been nukes. Tomorrow it could be nanotech, Von Neumann machines, and Flying Spaghetti Monster knows what other sort of Frankenstein-like creations we decide to make for profit or whim