Tag Archives: Paris

LA MORGUE – the Seine and the slum cast up their nameless offering to the unhallowed alters.

Posted on October 15, 2016 by hystoria.ca

LA MORGUE La Morgue in the heart of Paris. Like a worm in the heart of a rose. Tawdry, shameless and sordid ; a temple of unloved dead. Where the travesty of human life is exalted. Where the Seine and … Continue reading →

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Faust: The Opera – Opens March 19, 1859

Posted on March 19, 2016 by hystoria.ca

  Faust is a grand opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré’s play Faust et Marguerite, (loosely) based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust, Part 1. It debuted … Continue reading →

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After the Ball – World’s 1st Adult Film

Posted on January 12, 2016 by hystoria.ca

Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, (Paris: December 8, 1861 – January 21, 1938)  was an illusionist and filmmaker famous for creating special effects such as dissolves, multiple exposure, hand-painted colour and time-lapse photography. Marie, is also know for the stop-trick, where he claimed he accidentally achieved … Continue reading →

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