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

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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