Under the Seas (1907)

Original title

Deux Cents Mille Lieues sous les mers

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, silent film, science fiction film

Country

France

Runtime

18 min

Rated

TP

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 30 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 fisherman falls asleep and dreams of a submarine voyage to the ocean floor. There he meets strange sea creatures and a group of water nymphs.

dreamlikewhimsicalplayfulsurrealnostalgiclightheartedfantastical

What happens

Under the Seas (French: Deux Cents Mille Lieues sous les mers ou le Cauchemar du pêcheur) is a short silent film made in 1907 by the French director Georges Méliès. The film, a parody of the 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including a chorus of naiads. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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