The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
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The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend is a 1906 silent fantasy film, inspired by Winsor McCay’s comic strip, that depicts a man’s surreal, nightmare-filled hallucinations after overindulging in Welsh rarebit.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent film ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Edwin S. Porter
NERFINISHED
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Winsor McCay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Dream of the Rarebit Fiend
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
comic strip by Winsor McCay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Edwin S. Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Edison Manufacturing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early cinema ⓘ |
| featuresFood | Welsh rarebit ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
effects of overeating
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hallucinations ⓘ nightmares ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | inebriated diner ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | early 20th-century American humor ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
comedy
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fantasy ⓘ |
| hasMedium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| hasPreservationStatus | surviving prints exist ⓘ |
| hasSourceMedium | newspaper comic strip ⓘ |
| hasSpecialEffects |
early trick photography
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multiple exposures ⓘ stop-motion effects ⓘ |
| hasStyle | trick film ⓘ |
| includedIn | early Edison film catalogues ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Winsor McCay’s comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAdaptationOf | Dream of the Rarebit Fiend comic strip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| isSilent | true ⓘ |
| language | Silent ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptation of a popular newspaper comic strip
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innovative special effects for its time ⓘ |
| period | 1900s American cinema ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man experiences surreal nightmares after overeating Welsh rarebit. ⓘ |
| portrays |
distorted perception of reality
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fantastical dream imagery ⓘ |
| producer | Thomas A. Edison, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Edison Manufacturing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1906 ⓘ |
| runtimeApprox | short ⓘ |
| setting | urban environment ⓘ |
| title | The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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