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Je n'aime pas dans les vieux films américains quand les conducteurs ne regardent pas la route. Et de ratage en ratage, on s'habitue à ne jamais dépasser le stade du brouillon. La vie n'est que l'interminable répétition d'une représentation qui n'aura jamais lieu.

Cock Fight, No. 2 (1894) - William K.L. Dickson, William Heise

The first film in this sequence no longer exists, as far as we know, though this film is, confusingly, sometimes listed under the title Cock Fight and even under the title of Cock Fight, No. 1.  Still, this one is, best research indicates, Cock Fight, No. 2.  The subject matter is kind of disturbing here, though the film is so short and the quality so poor that the film itself doesn’t really show anything particularly graphic.  Still it is footage of an actual cock fight, not a staged one, and that’s, of course, not cool.  0 stars.

tl;dr – early cinema’s track record on animal cruelty is not good and that’s an extra reason to skip this particular film.  0 stars.

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