L'Homme mouche (1902)

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

2 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short silent film where a performer seems to fly and move in impossible ways. It uses camera tricks to create the illusion.

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What happens

The Human Fly (French: L'Homme-Mouche) is a 1902 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 415–416 in its catalogues. Méliès himself plays the Russian dancer. This film is probably the first time Méliès used a vertical vantage point, pointing his camera directly toward the floor; two other technical effects, the substitution splice and the multiple exposure, completed the illusion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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