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The Magic of Mélies

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Includes documentary "Georges Melies: cinema magician" by Patrick Montgomery and Luciano Martinengo, c1978.
Originally produced in 1994.
Untamable whiskers (1904) -- Cook in trouble (1904) - Tehin-Chao: the Chinese conjuror (1904) -- Wonderful living fan (1904) -- Mermaid (1904) -- Living playing cards (1905) -- Black imp (1905) -- Enchanted sedan chair (1905) -- Scheming gambler's paradise (1905) -- Hilarious posters (1906) -- Mysterious retort (1906) -- Courtship of Sun and Moon (1907) -- Good glue sticks (1907) -- Long distance wireless photography (1908) -- Impossible voyage (1904) -- Georges Melies: cinema magician (1978).
The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this 5-part collection of the cinema's formative works which reveal the foundation from which the styles and plots of contemporary cinema would later evolve. This forth program highlights fifteen fantastic works by the cinema's first special effects wizard, Georges Melies.
DVD ; full screen.

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