Pistol Duel
About Pistol Duel
In Chapultepec Park, two men with pistols face each other and fire. One is hit and falls. He is given first aid. The other man is led away.
Cast & crew
More about Pistol Duel
Gabriel Veyre shot it for the Lumière brothers on 12 or 13 December 1896. It is vue number 35 in the Lumière catalogue, under the title Duel au pistolet. The negative is 12 meters. It was programmed in Lyon on 21 February 1897 as Mexique: un Duel au pistolet. The Lumière catalogue notes that the staging is tight enough that the action can still pass for a real duel. Two Lumière copies and the negative are recorded.
Themes
Making
Veyre staged the two shots, the fall, and the first aid in one take in the park.
Look
Gabriel Veyre operated the camera in Chapultepec Park.
Preservation
The Lumière negative and two Lumière copies are recorded.
Notes
- Veyre was in Mexico with Claude Ferdinand Von Bernard in the summer and winter of 1896.
- The Lyon billing on 21 February 1897 treats it as a Mexican view, Mexique: un Duel au pistolet.
- The Lumière catalog describes the action as based on a duel between two deputies.
- The catalogue compares the acting with vue 235, where the reconstruction is obvious.
Scenes
- The two men level their pistols and fire.
- One falls. The other is led off while the fallen man is treated.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Duel au pistolet - Film 1896.webm)
