Soldiers march a condemned man through a rural area to a bridge high above a stream. While a boy plays a drum, one soldier puts a noose around the prisoner's neck and stand him on the bridge's parapet.
Ambrose Bierce, Charles Vidor
United States
You should definitely watch this if you have ten minutes and want to see how people were already messing with 'dream logic' back in the late twenties. It’s a silent short, so if you need explosions or witty dialogue to stay awake, you will probably hate it. It is based on that famous Ambrose Bierce story about the han...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Charles Vidor
William Parke
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"You should definitely watch this if you have ten minutes and want to see how people were already messing with 'dream logic' back in the late twenties. It’s a silent short, so if you need explosions or witty dialogue to stay awake, you will probably hate it. It is based on that famous Ambrose Bierce story about the hanging at Owl Creek Bridge. Most people read it in school, but seeing it acted out in 1929 hits different. The movie starts out very cold and grey. There is this kid playing a drum..."
