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Seein' Things (1908 film)

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Seein' Things
Directed byGeorges Méliès
StarringGeorges Méliès
Release date
  • 1908 (1908)
Running time
140 meters[1]
CountryFrance
LanguageSilent

Seein' Things (French: Fin de réveillon), also known as Seeing Things, was a 1908 French short silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès.

Plot

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A partygoer (played by Méliès)[2] comes home very drunk, and finds that his drunkenness makes him see two of everything.[3]

Release and reception

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The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1460–1466 in its catalogues.[1] The New York Mirror gave the film a brief review after its American release as Seeing Things in December 1909, saying that "the subject possesses a fair amount of amusing interest."[3]

The film is currently presumed lost.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 355, ISBN 9782732437323
  2. ^ Malthête & Mannoni 2008, p. 275
  3. ^ a b "Seeing Things", The New York Dramatic Mirror, p. 17, 11 December 1909
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