The Magician (1898)

Original title

Le Magicien

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

1 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 57 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

A wizard performs a series of magical tricks using quick edits. He interacts with a Pierrot and a sculptor in a short, theatrical scene.

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What happens

The Magician (French: Le Magicien; Star Film Catalogue no. 153.) is an 1898 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès, featuring a wizard, a Pierrot and a sculptor in a rapid series of substitution splices. The film is, "another exercise in the art of the jump-cut," according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "in the tradition of Georges Méliès' earlier A Nightmare (Le Cauchemar, 1896) and The Haunted Castle (Le Château hanté, 1897)." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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