Méliès the Magician

Aroview: George Méliès was a unique pioneer of cinema, who virtually invented the 'trick shot' and created an astonishing 1000 short films using special effects trickery in a classic 16 year run from 1898 to 1914.

Through his roots in vaudeville, Méliès managed to combine magic trick gags (disappearing people), with outlandish science-fiction plots, adapted from the likes of Jules Verne. This disc combines the definitive 1997 documentary on the director (by Jacques Meny) with a selection of 15 archival-quality films. Features:

The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
The Infernal Cakewalk (1903)
The Scheming Gambler's Paradise (1905)
The Music Lover (1903)
The Infernal Boiling Pot (1903)
The Man with the Rubber Head (1901)
The Living Playing Cards (1904)
Hilarious Posters (1905)
The Devilish Tenant (1909)
Untameable Whiskers (1904)
Imperceptible Transmutations (1904)
Bluebeard (1901)
Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900)
The One-Man Band (1900)

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