A Mysterious Portrait (1899)
- Original title
- Le Portrait mystérieux
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1 min
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 39 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 magician uses a disappearing act on a portrait. The portrait transforms in surprising visual ways.
playfulwhimsicalsurrealbriefold-fashionedcuriousvisual trickery
What happens
A Mysterious Portrait (French: Le Portrait mystérieux), also known as The Mysterious Portrait, is an 1899 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 196 in its catalogs, where it is advertised as a grande nouveauté photographique extraordinaire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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