The Imperceptible Transmutations (1904)

Original title

Les Transmutations imperceptibles

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

2 min

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A magician performs a series of fast, impossible changes on objects and people. The film shows off its era's special effects with a sense of fun and wonder.

whimsicalplayfulsurreallightheartedold-fashionedvisually inventivebrieftheatrical

What happens

Les Transmutations imperceptibles, sold in the United States as The Imperceptible Transmutations and in Britain as Imperceptible Transformation, is a 1904 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 556–557 in its catalogues. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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