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Méliès
the Magician
(1898-1997)
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Contents: Un homme de tête (1898), L’homme orchestre (1900), Nouvelles luttes extravagantes [The Fat and the Lean Wrestling Match] (1900), Barbe-Bleue [Bluebeard] (1901), L’homme á la tête en caoutchouc (1901), Le voyage dans la lune [A Trip to the Moon] (1902), Le cake-walk infernal (1902), Le chaudron infernal [The Infernal Cauldron] (1903), Le melomane (1903), Le Roi du maquillage (1903), Le Thaumaturge chinois (1904), Le Tripot clandestin (1905), Les cartes vivantes (1905), Les affiches en goguette [The Hilarious Posters] (1906), Le locataire diabolique (1909) and Méliès Magic Show (1997).
Georges Méliès is best known for his inventive and visually-striking short films that helped to establish the new technology of motion pictures as a worldwide entertainment industry.
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 Arte Video
2002 DVD edition
Méliès the Magician (1898-190?), black & white, 130 minutes total, not rated, including Un homme de tête (1898), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, L’homme orchestre (1900), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Nouvelles luttes extravagantes [The Fat and the Lean Wrestling Match] (1900), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Barbe-Bleue [Bluebeard] (1901), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, L’homme á la tête en caoutchouc (1901), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Le voyage dans la lune [A Trip to the Moon] (1902), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Le cake-walk infernal (1902), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Le chaudron infernal [The Infernal Cauldron] (1903), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Le melomane (1903), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Le Roi du maquillage (1903), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Le thaumaturge chinois (1904), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Le tripot clandestin (1905), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Les cartes vivantes (1905), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Les affiches en goguette [The Hilarious Posters] (1906), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Le locataire diabolique (1909), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with Méliès Magic Show (1997), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated.
Arte Video, distributed by Facets Video, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered?, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles?, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 15 January 2002.
Country of origin: USA
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