The Bewitched Trunk (1904)

Original title

Le coffre enchanté

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

3 min

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 11 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.

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How it feels

A trunk turns magical and causes trouble for the people around it. A series of visual gags and transformations unfold as characters interact with the enchanted object.

whimsicalplayfulcomedicmagicallightheartedold-fashionedsurreal

What happens

Le Coffre enchanté, sold in the United States as The Bewitched Trunk and in Britain as The Enchanted Trunk, is a 1904 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 547–549 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as a scène merveilleuse et comique ("comical and marvelous scene"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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