Up-to-Date Surgery (1902)

Original title

Une indigestion

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

5 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 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

In this short silent film, a man suffers from indigestion and visits a surgeon. The surgeon uses comically exaggerated methods to treat him, with surprising and fantastical results.

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What happens

Une indigestion, sold in the United States as Up-to-Date Surgery and in Britain as Sure Cure for Indigestion, and also known as Chirurgie fin de siècle, is a 1902 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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