Pistol Duel

synopsis

Two men raise their pistols, aim at each other and fire. One falls to the ground as bystanders come to his aid and lead the other away. This convincingly staged scene demonstrates how early cinema began to blur the boundary between recording reality and depicting fictional events…

biography

Gabriel Veyre (1871–1936), a French pharmacist, photographer and cinematographer for the Lumière company, filmed in Mexico, the Caribbean, Japan, China and French Indochina. His films combine travelogue observation with staged scenes, while also revealing how early cinema shaped the European view of the world.

film details

director:

Gabriel Veyre