Film scholar and preservationist Clara Auclair and Tristan talk quite a bit about comedy and tricks, those originating from the stage and those that could only come from the magic of filmic technology. That conversation leads into discussing the phenomenon of early recreations of real events…or are they “fakes!?” Clara teaches media studies at DIS Stockholm and works as a consultant for film archives. She is a DAFIV research fellow and co-secretary of Domitor, the International Association for the Study of Early Cinema, and is currently working on an edited collection of essays dedicated to the films of Alice Guy-Blaché with former guest Aurore Spiers. Films and resources mentioned: The Six Sisters Dainef (1902) - unknownMiss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs (1902) - Alice Guy-BlachéIngenious Soubrette (1902) - Ferdinand ZeccaThe Indiscreet Bathroom Maid (1902) - Georges HatotThe Eruption of Mount Pelee (1902) - Georges MélièsA Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges MélièsLife and Passion of the Christ (1903) - Ferdinand ZeccaThe Human Fly (1902) - Georges MélièsNosferatu (1922) - F.W. MurnauThe Circus (1928) - Charlie ChaplinMartinique Disaster (1902) - Ferdinand ZeccaMt. Pelee Smoking Before Eruption (St. Pierre, Martinique) [1902] - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. PorterMt. Pelee in Eruption and Destruction of St. Pierre (Martinique) [1902] - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. PorterBurning of St. Pierre (Martinique) [1902] - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. PorterThe Dreyfus Affair (1899) - Georges MélièsArrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Auguste and Louis LumièreCinema's First Nasty Women