Film · France · 1902
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The Coronation of Edward VII
18Leave it.
Pretty sets, and still a studio lie sold as Edward's real crowning.
Take controlThis scores 18. The Coronation of Edward VII cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it
The review
Exhibitors wanted the crown on time, so Méliès put actors through the ceremony in a studio. It is not the abbey. A house can watch the costumes and should know the reel was made to be mistaken for the event. I don't mind the skill. I mind the mix-up.
Other people filmed the real coronation. This one is a punctual lie. If the kids see it, we say studio before the first bow. Painted pomp is fine as a trick. It is a rotten way to learn what happened to Edward.
Journal
Keep The Coronation of Edward VII in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 18. Yours can differ.
The glance
Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.
Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
Consider this
Melania
31 instead of 18
Melania is still a documentary film, and it scores 31 instead of 18. What you gain is truth: The test is whether contradiction is allowed in the cut.
The eight
- 4Industry
Méliès's actors built a ceremony the exhibitors needed on time.
- 1Household
A crown and a king played by actors, not a family we live with.
- 2Piety
The abbey rite is the subject, and nobody in the studio has to mean it.
- 1Courage
No one in the studio risks a crown, a country, or a real day.
- 2Republic
A people are owed a crowning; this reel fakes the public day.
- 2Temperance
The hurry to have the crown on time teaches you to take the copy.
- 0Truth
Made to be mistaken for the abbey, and it is not the abbey.
- 2Stewardship
The real coronation was filmed by others; this leaves a punctual lie.
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