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

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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