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Melies the Magician (1902)

Georges MéliÃ..s , Jeanne d'Alcy , Georges MéliÃ..s , Jacques Meny  |  NR |  DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: Georges MéliÃ..s, Jeanne d'Alcy, André MéliÃ..s, Bleuette Bernon, Daniel Ceccaldi
  • Directors: Georges MéliÃ..s, Jacques Meny
  • Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: FACETS
  • DVD Release Date: January 15, 2002
  • Run Time: 185 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005UM26
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,403 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • For more information about "Melies the Magician" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Special Features

  • The Magic of Méliès: a documentary film by Jacques Meny (1997, 130 min.)
  • Méliès' Magic Show: 15 restored films (The Four Troublesome Heads 1898, A Trip to the Moon 1902, The Infernal Cakewalk 1903, The Scheming Gambler's Paradise 1905, The Music Lover 1903, The Infernal Boiling Pot 1903, The Man with the Rubber Head 1901, The Living Playing Cards 1904, Hilarious Posters 1905, The Devilish Tenant 1909, Untameable Whiskers 1904, Imperceptible Transmutations 1904, Bluebeard 1901, Fat and Lean Wrestling Match 1900, The One-Man Band 1900) (55 min., with original music by Eric Le Guen)
  • Silent Era trailer

Editorial Reviews

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A guaranteed treat for fantasy buffs and students of the silent era, Méliès the Magician provides a definitive study of French film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938). A special-effects innovator best known for his 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, Méliès is honored by Jacques Mény's exceptional documentary, which uses faithful reenactments, archival documents, expert interviews, and Méliès's own films to examine a life as rich as Edison's in its embrace of invention and creative ingenuity. Mény's non-chronological approach is liberating and fresh, allowing a free-form understanding of Méliès and his work, his involvement in the birth of motion pictures, and the visual trickery he developed after a thriving career as a stage illusionist. Following the documentary, "Méliès Magic Show" is hosted by Méliès's granddaughter and presents 15 Méliès films as they would've been shown in Paris at the turn of the century. Then and now, the magic of Méliès is timelessly enchanting. --Jeff Shannon

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MELIES THE MAGICIAN - DVD Movie

 

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars More Melies, Please, February 1, 2002
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Timothy Ramzyk (Milwaukee, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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I hate complain when anyone bothers to release rarities has enjoyable as George Melies collections, but the images are too tightly cropped! There looks to be about a 20-25% picture loss on these prints compared to the Blackhawk Films prints or even the Kino Melies DVD I own. I've never seen the explorers in Trip To The Moon climb into the rocket off screen!? It's a great collection, the documentary is very good, and I still think it's worth owning, but I don't get the framing which will probably bug anyone who has seen these films elsewhere.
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Stupid logos ruin this DVD!, February 10, 2003
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I bought this DVD because I am a fan of silent era films and especially people like Melies and Winsor McCay. Sadly though, this DVD is utterly ruined. Someone thought it was a good idea to super-impose a gawd-awful white logo in the lower left hand side of the film, creating a distraction and a nuisance. I recommend against buying this DVD because it will encourage others to pull this nonsense. Would you like to see a beautiful restoration of Star Wars with a nasty Lucasfilms logo on top of it??? Didn't think so.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware, February 28, 2002
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"crackadust" (Chicago, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This DVD seems to have missed its target audience completely. The biography of Melies, designed for those not familiar with his work, is far too long to hold the interest of a casual viewer. The dramatized format of the DVD and the presentation of the films in the context of a story, however, will seem obtrusive to anyone who has bought this for the original documents. The only saving grace is that 15 of Melies' films are captured in a way which reminds the viewer exactly why Melies was such a genius. The lack of technology available forced him to manipulate film to create optical illusions, whereas the modern day Steven Spielbergs and James Camerons can simply send their works off to multimillion dollar digital editing studios. Melies background as a magician is apparrent, because he uses many of the tricks he learned in the theater to make films which can only be described as magical. If you're a fan of silent films or the avante-garde, then by all means pick this up. However, if you have only a cursory interest in the genre, then you may want to spend your money elsewhere.
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