The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) Georges Méliès
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2024
- The Merry Frolics of Satan ( Les Quatre Cents Farces du Diable ) is a 1906 film by • Georges Méliès
The engineer William Crackwork wants to go around the world at full speed and to fulfill his wish he sells his soul to the alchemist Alcofibras (Georges Méliès), who turns out to be Satan. Clackford is unaware of the alchemist's true identity and sets off on incredible adventures with his family and faithful assistant John, until Satan comes to claim his soul.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:09 - William Crackford's studio
01:30 - The alchemist Alcofibras
03:24 - The magic pills
05:07 - Crackford's house, the journey begins
08:09 - Reception in England
08:41 - Train crash in the Alps
09:10 - Arrival in the village of Monte Pipetto
10:45 - An impossible dinner
14:05 - The Astral Car and the Mythological Horse
15:08 - Takeoff along Vesuvius
15:32 - A celestial ride
17:42 - Falling from the sky
19:04 - A hell of a barbecue
This film develops the themes of Méliès' poetics that already appeared in • Le Manoir du Diable (1... in a more mature way. By comparing these two films, we can see how Méliès learned to create increasingly sophisticated special effects that are more integrated into the narrative plot. However, this remains Méliès' weak point: his films lack a solid narrative structure that is independent of special effects.
To better clarify the narrative points, we have added texts and captions that are not present in the original film.
The music is by Fabio Napodano (aka It-Alien). The music tracks are taken from the album Devils Stare posted on Jamendo: www.jamendo.com/album/50605/d...
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What a marvelous production! I can only imagine what people thought of this in 1906? Amazing!
Astounding for 1906 and pretty amazing for 2024!!
This was amazing! The Merry Frolics of Satan has always been one of my favorite Georges Méliès movies and one of my favorite movies from the 1900s. I've seen multiple incomplete versions of this movie, but seeing it complete, with context given in the captions and with a great score for the first time is breathtaking and makes me so happy. Thank you so much for uploading this!
Master pioneer filmaker. One of films earliest inventors and creators.Amazing imagination
Méliès is a God of art
This movie is so well made i assume they spend a fortune with the production
Remarkably well-preserved. The two-dimensional props are very well rendered and convincing.
Wildest fever dream I've ever seen. I'm guessing second takes weren't invented yet. I did enjoy this piece of history and art. It was just so wild
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The choreography is astonishing.
Wow ! Super film, la fin elle est hardcore quand même 😮
Merci pour le partage ❤️
The dialogue boards move too fast for me to read them all.
OMG, is this going to be the full, uncut version?
YES!
Melies - the best in movies first special effects.
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Interesting film but I take issue with the music chosen. But that's just me probably. Thanks for the upload.
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My mind boggles at all the creative work to pull off these films of Melies! All that background scenery had to be designed and hand painted. All those props had to be created and built by hand. All the costuming had to be created and made for all those extras. Paying for all this, including all those people that appeared in them had to cost a fortune! Did he get all that money back and make a profit, too? Or was he wealthy and used his own money to make his films? Anyone know?
Méliès was the first to invent fictional cinema, film tricks and much more. He was a man of the theater and did everything on his own acting, making the sets and tricks, writing the music, coloring the pellicle, and projecting his films in his theater, only Chaplin would succeed in having the same independence as Méliès. In the beginning Méliès was a huge success. But Méliès sold his films instead of renting them, and he never renewed his directing style, his films passed out of fashion, and before World War I began he was forgotten by all . On the Internet you can find a lot of information about Melies' life, also watch Martin Scorzese's film Hugo Cabret
I think a few years after this he went bankrupt. The sets were incredibly lavish. Highly detailed