Idle Wives
Characters in the film attend a movie titled 'Life’s Mirror', where they see parallel, cautionary versions of their own lives. Only the first two of the original seven reels survive.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1916 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Phillips Smalley |
| Runtime | 30 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.0/10 (2 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film constructs a layered reflection, relying on the contrast between the reality of the auditorium and the fiction on screen. This early form of meta-cinema explores art's power as a moral caution.
What lingers after viewing is a sense of engaging with a nearly lost cinematic stratum, where narrative simplicity is offset by bold formal experimentation. The surviving reels offer a poignant, fragmented glimpse into another era's anxieties. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Phillips Smalley
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With subdued lighting and historical curiosity, as a precious artifact of silent storytelling.
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