An 1896 colourised Lumiere brothers film of a snowball fight in Lyon, France. As usual, the colourisation process (details of the process used is here) really brings it to life, and, trying not to sound like too much of a pretentious twat, it reminded me of 'Les Enfants Terribles' by Jean Cocteau (1929), which l have recently re-read, and which starts with a snowball fight in Paris. You can really imagine the people in this film being around and involved in the same kind of mayhem, although it doesn't end well in the book.
To be even more pretentious, the above book was at least the English translation, but l am currently (very slowly) struggling with the French version of Cocteau's 'La Machine Infernale', and trust me, l only know very basic French, so am painstakingly translating parts l don't understand. This may take some time, so it's lucky l also have other reading material on the go at the same time. I need more time off work for these kind of endeavours. No wonder l never get round to cleaning up and finishing the painting jobs.
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