The Centaurs (1921 film)
The Centaurs is an animated film produced and directed by Winsor McCay between 1918 and 1921. There is no record that the film was completed or publicly screened. The film was destroyed by negligent storage that allowed the sole surviving nitrate film print to deteriorate into dust. All that remains are isolated fragments that total approximately 90 seconds.[1][2]
Plot
The surviving footage presents a young female centaur picking flowers, a male centaur throwing a rock at (and, perhaps, killing) an eagle in flight, a pair of elderly centaurs (the male is bald with a long white beard, the female wears pince-nez eyeglasses) welcoming the younger centaurs, and a bald boy centaur who jumps around. Since no screenplay of the film is known to exist, it is not clear how these scenes were meant to be connected.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "The Bootleg Files: The Centaurs". filmthreat.com.
- ^ "Essay on the making of the film". Archived from the original on January 11, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
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