The Fugitive Futurist: A Q-riosity by "Q"

Gaston Quiribet | 1924 | 11 mins

This witty short proffers futuristic visions of London landmarks by way of a 'magic' camera that can 'see beyond the limits of ordinary life'. Brick walls magically build themselves; airships take off from the Houses of Parliament and Tower Bridge has a sky high mono rail. But while its gleeful inventor turns out to be an escapee from the local asylum, French director Quiribet was possibly not entirely barking up the wrong tree with one of his trick shots - that of Trafalgar Square swamped by the river Thames. With sea levels rising, let's hope this isn't a prophetic glimpse of London's fate.