La Folie du Docteur Tube - 1915

Country: France

Director: Abel Gance

Writer: Abel Gance

Stars: Albert Dieudonné

Also known as: La follia del dottor Tube (Italy)

Production Co: Le Film d'Art

Runtime: USA: 6 min  | USA: 10 min (DVD version)

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Genres: Short

In this early short film from the pioneering Abel Gance, a scientist playing around with some white powder in his lab, begins either changing his body or how he sees the world, I couldn't figure out which. Regardless, this allows Gance to use trick mirrors to distort the picture. Then more people wander in, more powder gets thrown around, more distortion (until 80% of the screen is incomprehensible), until things are finally restored to normal.