Friday, 4 September 2015

Not so extraordinary

Extraordinary Illusions (1901)

Directed by George Melies this short film is also known as “Dislocation Mysterieuse” or “Dislocation Extraordinary”. A clown performs tricking involving his limbs and head being detachable.

Compared to some of the other camera magic tricks I've seen from Melies this is not the best but for it's short run time it's pretty entertaining. Some of the editing is a little jumpy and you can see how this one is done very easily. While this may not be the directors best work you can see how it was a start on the path to his better stuff.


2/5

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