The Man with the Rubber Head (1901)
- Original title
- L'Homme à la tête de caoutchouc
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- comedy film, fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 3 min
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 171 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An apothecary uses a bellows to inflate a replica of his own head to giant size. He struggles to get his assistant to repeat the trick correctly.
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What happens
The Man with the Rubber Head (French: L'Homme à la tête en caoutchouc), also known as A Swelled Head, is a 1901 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. The film stars Méliès himself as an apothecary who blows a copy of his own head up to enormous dimensions, but who is unable to get his assistant to perform the stunt as expertly. The special effect of the inflated head, made with a novel combination of purpose-built moving equipment and multiple exposures, evokes the modern close-up and enjoys an iconic place among Méliès's works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Brahmin and the Butterfly (1901)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.