Le cauchemar (1896)
- Original title
- Le Cauchemar
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1 min
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 112 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
A man falls asleep and experiences a series of strange and whimsical visions. Georges Melies plays the sleeping man as bizarre figures appear and vanish around him.
dreamlikeplayfulwhimsicalsurreallightheartedfantastical
What happens
A Nightmare (French: Le cauchemar) is a silent trick film created and released in 1896 and directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 82 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as a scène fantastique. The film was shot outside in the garden of Méliès's property in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, with painted scenery. Méliès plays the sleeping man. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Honeymoon in a Balloon (1908)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.