The Brahmin and the Butterfly (1901)

Original title

La Chrysalide et le papillon d'or

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

comedy film, fantasy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

2 min

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 37 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 transforms an insect into a person, leading to a series of visual gags and transformations. The film uses trick photography to show characters changing into different forms.

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What happens

The Brahmin and the Butterfly (French: La Chrysalide et le Papillon d'or, literally "The Chrysalis and the Golden Butterfly") is a 1901 French silent fantasy trick film, directed by Georges Méliès. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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