Ladies Skirts Nailed To A Fence (1899) ***

 

 

 

 

An unsuccessful attempt to film a scene consisting of reverse-angle shots. But instead of actually “crossing the axis”, the film tries to fake it, filming the same side of the fence twice, once with people in front of it, and then with people behind it. But the irregular shape of the fence gives the trick away, resulting in a bizarre, if unintentional, piece of early surrealism.