Weird Public Domain Stuff

Imma be honest, I have no idea what the fuck is going on here. It's a stop-motion freakshow called The Grasshopper and the Ant. It's a 1911 film by Ladislas Starevich who would collect real insects, kill them, stick bits of wire and wax in their legs, and jerk them frame by frame so the grasshopper fiddles and drinks and kicks the hardworking ant while the summer burns away.

Then it looks sorta like winter hits and the grasshopper and his drunk stag-beetle buddy start to freeze and starve, the beetle croaks first, and the grasshopper begs at the ant’s door only to get told to go dance some more before the door slams shut and the bug drops dead in the snow.