January 10, 1970

Le Peintre néo-impressioniste (1910) ***

A painter displays his works for a potential buyer. His paintings represent (among others) "a cardinal eating a lobster with tomatoes by the banks of the Red Sea", "a little fish offering forget-me-nots to a lavender-seller blueing her linen on the Cote d'Azur", "a Chinaman transporting corn on the Yellow river on a sunny summer day" and "Negroes making shoe polish in a tunnel at night". One can easily guess the original color tints. Directed by Émile Cohl.