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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Arte Video (Firm), Facets Video (Firm), Centre national de la cinématographie (France), Sept/Arte (Firm), Sodaperaga (Firm), Mikros Image (Firm)
Other Authors: Mény, Jacques, Le Guen, Eric, Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938, Malthête-Méliès, Madeleine, 1923-
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
English
Language Notes:Credits of the two individual films in French, narration and DVD menu in French or English.
Published: [Paris?] : Chicago, Ill. : Arte Vidéo ; Facets Video, [2001]
Series:Cinéma muet.
Subjects:
Description
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.
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.