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The Magic of Melies
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The Magic of Melies (1905)
Starring:  ------
Director:  Georges Melies
Genre:  Silent, Comedy, Documentary
Year:  1905
Studio:  Kino Video
Length:  103 minutes
Released:   April 22, 2008
Rating:  NR
Format:  DVD
Misc:  NTSC, Black & White
Language:  French(Original Language)
SYNOPSIS:
Fifteen Fantastic Works by the Cinema’s First Special Effects Wizard, including the documentary Georges Méliès: Cinema Magician. Decades before the term “special effects” was coined, audiences of the newborn cinema were witnessing spectacular screen illusions, courtesy of the medium’s first master magician: Georges Méliès.

Such films as The Eclipse (1907) and Long Distance Wireless Photograph (1908) not only demonstrate Méliès’s astounding employment of double exposure, makeup, editing and theatrical trickery but provide mesmerizing insight into the social context of his work, which blended Victorian approaches to astronomy, superstition and feminine beauty with the unnatural wonders of 20th-century technology and heavy doses of slapstick. The centerpiece of the collection is The Impossible Voyage (1904), presented with the authentic frame-by-frame hand-coloring and narration penned by Méliès himself.

In addition to the aforementioned short films, this Kino DVD also brings the 20-minute documentary Georges Méliès: Cinema Magician directed by Patrick Montgomery and Luciano Martinengo.

Music Composed and Performed by Alexander Rannie

List of Short Films include:
  • The Impossible Voyage (1904)
  • The Untamable Whiskers (1904)
  • The Cook in Trouble (1904)
  • Tchin-Chao, The Chinese Conjurer (1904)
  • The Wonderful Living Fan (1904)
  • The Mermaid (1904)
  • The Living Playing Cards (1905)
  • The Black Imp (1905)
  • The Enchanted Sedan Chair (1905)
  • The Scheming Gamblers Paradise (1905)
  • The Hilarious Posters (1906)
  • The Mysterious Retort (1906)
  • The Eclipse (1907)
  • Good Glue Sticks (1907)
  • Long Distance Wireless Photography (1908)

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