The Duke's Good Joke (1908)
- Original title
- Pochardiana ou le Rêveur éveillé
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- fantasy film, comedy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 14 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 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 gets drunk and starts living out vivid, strange daydreams. The film shows his fantasies turning reality upside down in playful and unexpected ways.
whimsicalplayfuldreamlikelightheartedfantasticalsillycomicsurreal
What happens
Pochardiana ou le Rêveur éveillé (literally "Drunkenness, or the Awake Dreamer"), known in English as A Rude Awakening and as The Duke's Good Joke, is a 1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Paper Cock-a-Doodle-Doos (1908)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.