A Grandmother's Story (1908)
- Original title
- Conte de la grand-mère et rêve de l'enfant
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 10 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 child has a dream filled with toy characters and magical events. The film uses early cinematic tricks to create a fantasy world.
whimsicaldreamlikeplayfulnostalgicsurrealgentlefantasticalsilent
What happens
A Grandmother's Story (French: Conte de la grand-mère et Rêve de l'enfant), also known as Au pays des Jouets, is a 1908 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1314–1325 in its catalogues. The child in the film is played by Méliès's son, André Méliès, who was seven years old at the time. The film's special effects include stage machinery, substitution splices, multiple exposures, and dissolves. The complete film was about 243 meters (790 feet) long, of which fragments are known to survive; some scenes in the middle of the film are presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Honeymoon in a Balloon (1908)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.