The Magician's Cavern (1901)

Original title

L'Antre des esprits

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

3 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 23 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.

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How it feels

A magician performs a series of illusions in a cavern. He makes objects and people appear and disappear using tricks of film editing.

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What happens

L'Antre des esprits, released in the United States as The Magician's Cavern and in the United Kingdom as The House of Mystery, is a 1901 French silent comedy trick film, directed by Georges Méliès. It is listed as numbers 345–347 in Star Film Company's catalogues. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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