Pharmaceutical Hallucinations[1] (French: Hallucinations pharmaceutiques ou le Truc du potard) is a 1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1416–1428 in its catalogues.[2]
| Pharmaceutical Hallucinations | |
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| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
The giant snail prop in the film had been previously used in Méliès's 1906 fantasy The Chimney Sweep. The film's special effects are worked using stage machinery, pyrotechnics, substitution splices, and multiple exposures.[3]
References
edit- ^ Méliès, Georges (2008), Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema (DVD; short film collection), Los Angeles: Flicker Alley, ISBN 1893967352
- ^ Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 355, ISBN 9782732437323
- ^ Essai de reconstitution du catalogue français de la Star-Film; suivi d'une analyse catalographique des films de Georges Méliès recensés en France, Bois d'Arcy: Service des archives du film du Centre national de la cinématographie, 1981, pp. 332–333, ISBN 2903053073
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