A Fantastical Meal
Appearance
(Redirected from Le Repas fantastique)
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Directed by | Georges Méliès |
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Country | France |
Language | Silent |
A Fantastical Meal (French: Le Repas fantastique) is a 1900 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès.
Plot
[edit]Two women and a man, attempting to have dinner, find themselves confronted with magical happenings: the chairs move, the soup tureen grows, boots appear from it, the table legs change length, the table appears and reappears. A ghost, dancing on the table, turns into a box of dynamite and explodes, and the man begins tumbling manically around the room.
Release
[edit]The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 311 in its catalogues.[1] It was imitated by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company film An Animated Luncheon.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 342, ISBN 9782732437323
- ^ Hamus-Vallée, Réjane (2002), Du trucage aux effets spéciaux, Condé-sur-Noireau: CinémAction-Corlet, p. 100, ISBN 9782854809794