Méliès le cinémagicien /
La magie Méliès: documentary film about the life and work of film pioneer Georges Méliès. Includes archival footage, interviews, film excerpts, reconstructions and interviews.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | French English |
| Language Notes: | Credits of the two individual films in French, narration and DVD menu in French or English. |
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[Paris?] : Chicago, Ill. :
Arte Vidéo ; Facets Video,
[2001]
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| Series: | Cinéma muet.
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| Summary: | La magie Méliès: documentary film about the life and work of film pioneer Georges Méliès. Includes archival footage, interviews, film excerpts, reconstructions and interviews. Une séance Méliès: 15 short films of George Méliès, introduced by his granddaughter in front of an audience. |
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| Item Description: | Both films originally produced in 1997; the 15 short films contained within Une séance Méliès originally produced between 1898 and 1909. Some b&w sequences tinted. Special features: chapterization of the films; full interaction between the documentary and the short films, making it possible to jump to the actual Méliès film being discussed in the documentary in order to view it; silent era trailer. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (185 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital 2.0; aspect ratio: 1.33:1. |
| Production Credits: | La magie Méliès: a production of La Sept/Arte, Sodaperaga, Mikros Image ; written and directed by Jacques Mény ; original music by Eric Le Guen. Une séance Méliès: directed by Jacques Mény ; musical accompaniment by Eric Le Guen. |