Friday 14 February 2020

Not so magic really


Magic Bricks (1908)

Directed by Segundo de Chomon this is an early trick photography film. A magician and his assistant use a box to make various things appear and disappear.

To get the obvious out of the way the use of yellow face in this film really takes the shine off what would otherwise be a quaint early film. Fitting in well with many similar films of the area this film has the usual Chomon level of production value. Probably still just a rip off of a Melies film but well done none the less.

2/5

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