The Extraordinary Child
The Extraordinary Child applies his developing style to broad slapstick. His friends from the previous films and the director himself play out a riotous farce about an overgrown baby who steals his father’s cigars. Everyone mugs hilariously. The movie could be taken as another example of the Romantic notion of the artist as a monstrous child or misfit, or a parody of the same rather than the personal confessional statement seen so often in these film movements.
- Year: 1954
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Comedy
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- Keyword: card game, mischievous child, adult as a child, short film
- Director: Stan Brakhage
- Cast: Robert Benson, Stan Brakhage, Yvonne Fair, Lawrence Jordan, Walter Newcomb