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March Melies Madness! – The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match [Nouvelles luttes extravagantes] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Mar 29, 2012
In The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (aka Nouvelles luttes extravagantes aka New and Extravagant Bouts), Méliès magically creates the most comically brutal wrestling match of all time. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135571/ Share this:FacebookTwitterPinterestTumblrRedditStumbleUponDiggEmailLike this read more
March Melies Madness! – A Fantastical Meal [Le repas fantastique] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Mar 29, 2012
Méliès shows us that going to bed isn’t the only mundane act for which he can conjure surprises and difficulties.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0226375/
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March Melies Madness! – Up-to-Date Spiritualism [Spiritisme abracadabrant] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Mar 28, 2012
Standard stop-cut replacement magic from Méliès, with the addition of a new trick: levitation (in the form of his hat).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227536/
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March Melies Madness! – The Magic Book [Le livre magique] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Mar 27, 2012
Méliès magically brings characters to life, literally, from the pages of a giant illustrated tome.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0226083/
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March Melies Madness! – The Rajah’s Dream [Le rêve du radjah ou La forêt enchantée] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Mar 26, 2012
Georges Méliès presents The Rajah’s Dream (aka Le rêve du radjah ou La forêt enchantée aka Oh! What a Night; or, The Sultan’s Dream) and expands upon his previous one-reelers such as A Nightmare and A Terrible Night. One nice advancement of note is the use of stop-cut editing to replace read more
March Melies Madness! – The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy [Le sorcier, le prince et le bon génie] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Mar 26, 2012
The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy (aka Le sorcier, le prince et le bon génie) contains the standard bag of tricks, such as stop-cut replacement editing, utilized during the time period by Méliès. Unique in this film is the framing of the slightly angled shot for the set, which allows for read more
March Melies Madness! – Joan of Arc [Jeanne d'Arc] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Mar 25, 2012
Méliès presents the legendary story of “The Maid of Orleans”, Joan of Arc.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132251/
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March Melies Madness! – The Cook’s Revenge [La vengeance du gâte-sauce] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Mar 23, 2012
Méliès takes unprofessional workplace behavior to a humorous extreme.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227734/
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March Melies Madness! – The One-Man Band [L'Homme Orchestre] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Mar 23, 2012
Méliès assembles an orchestra containing various simultaneous versions of himself.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135453/
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March Melies Madness! – The Mysterious Knight [Le chevalier mystère] (1899)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Mar 22, 2012
The conjurer (Méliès) appears at a blackboard and shows the head of a knight on it. He seizes the picture of the head, removes it from the blackboard, and it turns alive, bowing and smiling apparently without a body attached. The conjurer then seizes a sword and runs it completely through the head, read more
March Melies Madness! – Addition and Subtraction [Tom Whisky ou L'illusioniste toqué] (1900)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Mar 22, 2012
In this film, Tom Whisky (Méliès) plays with multiple beautiful women.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227667/
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March Melies Madness! – Cinderella [Cendrillon] (1899)
The Giddy Blog Posted by chrisgiddens on Mar 21, 2012
This oldest known film adaptation of Charles Perrault’s 1697 fairy tale, Cendrillon, is also the first movie to utilize a dissolve transition between scenes. Méliès accomplished this by closing the lens aperture, rewinding the film, and then re-opening the aperture. Music performed by Billy read more