Georges Méliès – Un homme de têtes AKA The Four Troublesome Heads AKA Four Heads Are Better Than One (1898)
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Much to our amazement, an elegant and masterful illusionist detaches his own head effortlessly from his shoulders for a once-in-a-lifetime performance.
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Méliès himself plays the magician in the film, which takes advantage of his sense of rhythm, his tendency for elegant gestural movements, and his talent for mime. The Four Troublesome Heads features one of the first known uses of multiple exposure of objects on a black background on film, a special effect Méliès went on to use prolifically. It also marks the first known time Méliès filmed living heads or other body parts separated from the rest of the body, which would become a favorite motif of his. The trick was handled using substitution splices and four separate exposures.
Georges Melies - 1899 - [Star Film 167] The Four Troublesome Heads.mkv
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Container: Matroska
Runtime: 1 min 3 s
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Thanks very much. Can’t get enough of the incredible Méliès, the original pioneer of film spfx. Méliès shows up as a character in Scorsese’s fine tribute film “Hugo” (2011), which is highly recommended. So glad I got to see that when it came out, and in a top 3D presentation — AFAIK the only time Scorsese has experimented with that medium.