Pharmaceutical Hallucinations (1908)
- Original title
- Hallucinations pharmaceutiques ou Le truc de potard
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 13 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.
How it feels
A man takes a pharmaceutical potion and starts experiencing bizarre hallucinations. Giant props and stage effects create a series of strange visions.
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What happens
Pharmaceutical Hallucinations (French: Hallucinations pharmaceutiques ou le Truc du potard) is a 1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1416–1428 in its catalogues. The giant snail prop in the film had been previously used in Méliès's 1906 fantasy The Chimney Sweep. The film's special effects are worked using stage machinery, pyrotechnics, substitution splices, and multiple exposures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.