The Invisible Fluid (1908)
- Directed by
- Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.
- Genre
- science fiction, comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 12 min
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 3 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 scientist creates a fluid that makes things invisible. People and objects in the film disappear and reappear through simple camera tricks.
whimsicalplayfulinventivelightheartedhumoroussilentshort
What happens
The Invisible Fluid is a 1908 American silent science fiction comedy film produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company of New York, directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr., and starring Edward Dillon. The short's plot relies extensively on the filming and editing technique of substitution splicing, also known as "stop trick", a special effect that creates the illusion of various characters or objects suddenly vanishing on screen. Full copies of this trick film, now in the public domain, survive in various formats. Some digital copies are available for viewing on streaming services such as YouTube and at the Internet Archive. Film-stock copies are preserved among the holdings of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and in the collection of the British Film Institute in London. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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