“This is how white Aborigines culture became fashionable in Africa”– the final line that reflects the plain peculiarity of this film. To sum up, it’s about a man whose face is painted black, in a spaceship that lands on an unknown island where he meets a girl, who loves dancing and who teaches him, while in exchange he introduces her to the telephone. When he mentions that she’ll eat him, she replies that “black meat makes me sick”– something I don’t think you’d find in many films today! Funny thing is that it’s set in 2028 but aside from that there isn’t much of a plot. However, we see some interesting editing, with slow motion and speeding up, as well as peepholes that give the impression we can see inside a small enclosed cylindrical room where the girl hides at first. There is a lot of dancing (I was half expecting some accompanying music to start playing in this silent film) but something about that girl just freaks me out and distracts me from the strangely painted black-faced man.
2/5
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