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Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput, the inhabitants of which are no more than six inches tall. He later travels to Brobdingnag, a country populated by giants.Read More »
Georges Méliès
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Georges Méliès – Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les Géants AKA Gulliver’s Travels (1902)
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Georges Méliès – Jeanne d’Arc AKA Joan of Arc (1900)
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A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.Read More »
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Georges Méliès – Barbe-bleue AKA Bluebeard (1901)
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Georges Méliès – L’homme à la tête en caoutchouc AKA The Man with the Rubber Head (1901)
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Georges Méliès – Une partie de cartes AKA Card Party AKA Playing Cards (1896)
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In what is considered the first remake in cinema history, prolific French director Georges Méliès directs his first film, depicting a delightful afternoon among friends playing cards over a glass of beer.It was the first film in Méliès’ prolific career, and thus is number one in his Star Film catalogue. It is a remake of Louis Lumière’s film The Messers. Lumière at Cards, which was released earlier the same year. Along with Georges Méliès himself, his brother Gaston Méliès and daughter Georgette Méliès also appear in the film.
The film, long presumed lost and was rediscovered after 1981Read More »
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Georges Méliès – La colonne de feu AKA The Pillar of Fire (1899)
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A devil conjures up a dancing woman from a mystical flame.Quote:
The Pillar of Fire was the first film to be based on H. Rider Haggard’s 1887 novel She: A History of Adventure. Rather than attempting to tell the whole story of the novel, Méliès used one of its characters as inspiration for a trick film, recalling the scene in the novel in which Ayesha stands amid flames. At least six other adaptations of She were made in the silent era.Read More » -
Georges Méliès – Jeanne d’Arc AKA Joan of Arc (1900)
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Georges Méliès – Le magicien AKA The Magician (1898)
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In a traditional “magician” attire, the wizard of illusion and jump cuts, Georges Méliès, says the magic words and conjures up wonders from a plain wooden box.Quote:
Directed by Georges Méliès, the film features a wizard, a Pierrot, and a sculptor in a rapid series of substitution splices. The film is described as “another exercise in the art of the jump-cut,” in the tradition of Méliès’ earlier A Nightmare (Le Cauchemar, 1896) and The Haunted Castle (Le Château hanté, 1897).Read More » -
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.Read More »
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