L'hallucination de l'alchimiste
Directed byGeorges Méliés
Production
company
Release date
1897
Running time
20 meters (approx. 1.1 minutes)[1]
CountryFrance
LanguageSilent

An Hallucinated Alchemist (French: L'hallucination de l'alchimiste),[2] also known as The Alchemist's Hallucination,[1] was an 1897 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliés. This film is lost. The videos online are not this film, but actually of The Mysterious Retort (1906).

Plot

The film features a star with five female heads and a giant face that has people coming out of its mouth.

Production

The sets were hand painted.[3]

Release and influence

The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 95 in its catalogues. The film is currently presumed lost.[2]

The 1900 Edison Manufacturing Company short The Clown and the Alchemist, directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith, may have been inspired by this film.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Young, R. G. (1997), The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies, New York: Applause, p. 264, ISBN 978-1-55783-269-6
  2. 1 2 Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 337, ISBN 9782732437323
  3. ↑ Kinnard, Roy. Horror in Silent Film: A Filmography, 1896-1929. North Carolina: McFarland. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7864-0751-4.
  4. ↑ Hamus-Vallée, Réjane (2002), Du trucage aux effets spéciaux, Condé-sur-Noireau: CinémAction-Corlet, p. 100


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