The Crazy Ray

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Paris Qui Dort
The Crazy Ray
Directed byRené Clair
Written byRené Clair
Produced byHenri Diamant-Berger (producer)
StarringHenri Rollan
CinematographyMaurice Desfassiaux
Paul Guichard
Edited byRené Clair
Music byJean Wiener
Distributed byFilm Arts Guild
Release date
  • 26 December 1924 (1924-12-26)
Running time
65/55/35 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent film
French intertitles

Paris Qui Dort (literally "Paris which sleeps") is a 1924 French science fiction comedy silent feature film (65 minutes) directed by René Clair.[1] Also released as Le rayon de la mort (55 minutes), its international English-language titles were The Crazy Ray and Paris Asleep (usually 55 minutes). It has also been released in the USA as a 35 minute short subject called At 3:25. by Red Seal Pictures.

Plot summary

The film is about a mad doctor who uses a magic ray on citizens which causes them to freeze in strange and often embarrassing positions. People who are unaffected by the ray begin to loot Paris.

Cast

Home media

The film is available on the Region 1 Criterion DVD release of another Clair film, Under the Roofs of Paris (1930). It is also available for free at the Internet Archive.

References

  1. ^ Hardy, Phil, ed. (1984). The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction. Aurum Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-906053-82-X.

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