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Movie poster: Pruning the Movies (1915)
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Pruning the Movies

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1915 · 6 min Comedy
6.3 / 10 · TMDB

Colonel Bunk, after seeing his first movie, appoints himself “supreme censor of the movies” and he and his Board of Censors set to the task of “pruning” a movie (in more ways than one).

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Year 1915
Country United States of America
Genre Comedy
Runtime 6 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.3/10 (3 votes)

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The director constructs this short comedy on grotesque and physical humor, relying on the exaggerated gestures and absurd situations characteristic of silent film. He explores the theme of censorship by pushing its logic to a ridiculous extreme.

Those who tire of modern, dialogue-heavy comedies will find refreshing charm in this visual gag where a pair of scissors becomes an agent of chaos. What lingers after the final cut is a timeless satire on bureaucratic overreach. — MovieFinder Editorial

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Watch in good spirits as a curious historical sketch about art's eternal dance with official absurdity.

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