The Alchemist's Hallucination (1897)

Original title

L'hallucination de l'alchimiste

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, horror film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

1 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 26 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

An alchemist in his laboratory has a strange vision. The film shows early special effects tricks from silent cinema.

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What happens

An Hallucinated Alchemist (French: L'hallucination de l'alchimiste), also known as The Alchemist's Hallucination, is an 1897 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès. This film is lost. The videos online are not this film, but actually of The Mysterious Retort (1906). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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