Georges Méliès:
First Wizard of Cinema
Five DVD Set


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Five DVDs
173 rare Georges Méliès films
Over 13 hours of footage
Introductory film Le Grand Méliès
Bonus booklet on Méliès and his movies

     
     Georges Méliès began his career as a magician, and many of his illusions and glimpses of turn-of-the-century magic may be seen in these films. Performing innovative fast-paced illusions at Paris' Théâtre Robert-Houdin, Méliès presented his original feats and classics of the master himself, Robert-Houdin.
     In 1896, Méliès built the world's first movie studio in 1896 near Paris; from it cascaded fantastic magic films, dream films, historical reconstructions, imaginary journeys, melodramas, slapstick comedies — even erotic films. Examples of all are here in this set, and you will find that Méliès can still astonish and charm you.
      This monumental thirteen hour collection on five DVDs gathers for the first time nearly all the surviving films of Georges Méliès from his first, Card Party (1896) to his last, The Voyage of the Bouririchon Family (1913), bracketing more than 170 others.
      A genuine virtuoso, Méliès produced and directed his films while also devising the narratives; designing the sets, costumes, and props; and frequently performing the leading parts. Arranged in chronological order, this comprehensive collection makes widely available for the first time both the breadth and the depth of his work, disclosing a highly imaginative artist's discovery of the possibilities of cinema.
     
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