Paris Qui Dort

Paris Qui Dort, Paris Asleep, The Crazy Ray, The Invisible Ray and even At 3:25, this odd French silent movie from 1925 goes by many names and was the first feature by René Clair, a film-maker who got into movies because that’s where the girls were, or so he said, and stayed there because that’s where the money was, more than in journalism at any rate, his original career choice. It’s not a long film, a whisker under an hour in most of the versions you’ll find (At 3:25 tends to be a shortened version) but the one to go for is the 2018 restoration, a beautifully done work of wonder which presents … Read more