A Butterfly's Metamorphosis (1904)
- Original title
- Métamorphoses du papillon
- Directed by
- Gaston Velle
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 2 min
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A silent short film showing the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly. It uses early special effects to depict the change in black and white and hand-colored versions.
whimsicaldreamlikegently-pacedcolorfulvisually inventiveold-fashionedobservational
What happens
Métamorphoses du papillon est un film muet français à trucs réalisé par Gaston Velle, produit par Pathé Frères, sorti en 1904. Distribué en noir et blanc et dans une version colorisée au pochoir, il est particulièrement remarquable pour cette dernière. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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