A Novice at X-rays (1898)

Original title

Les rayons Röntgen

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

silent film, science fiction film

Country

France

Runtime

1 min

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 man gets zapped with X-rays and becomes transparent. His bones are visible to everyone around him.

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What happens

A Novice at X-Rays (French: Les Rayons X; Les Rayons Roentgen) is an 1898 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 142 in its catalogues. It may have been inspired by The X-Rays, an 1897 British film by the pioneering showman G. A. Smith, which in turn was likely partly inspired by previous films by Méliès. A Novice at X-Rays is currently presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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