Georges Méliès : first wizard of cinema (1896-1913) / Film Preservation Associates, Inc. ; produced by Jeffery Masino and David Shepard.

Arranged in chronological order, this comprehensive thirteen hour collection gathers for the first time nearly all surviving films of Georges Méliès from his first (Card party, 1896) to his last (The voyage of the Bouririchon Family, 1913), bracketing more than 170 others. Beautiful new music has be...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Blackhawk Films collection.
Corporate Authors: Star-film
Flicker Alley (Firm)
Other Authors: Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938
Franju, Georges, 1912-1987 (Director)
Lange, Eric
Masino, Jeffery
Shepard, David
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Silent films, with added musical accompaniment.
Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : Flicker Alley, [2008], ©2008.
Edition:Standard format.
Series:Blackhawk Films collection.
Subjects:
Méliès, Georges, > 1861-1938.
Silent films > History and criticism.
Motion picture industry > History.
Cinematography > Special effects.
Trick cinematography.
Silent films.
Fiction films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Short films.
Genre:
Silent films.
Fiction films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Short films.
Physical Description:5 videodiscs (approximately 782 min.) : sound, black and white and tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (35 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Variant Title:
First wizard of cinema (1896-1913)
Georges Méliès, first wizard of the cinema.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Arranged in chronological order, this comprehensive thirteen hour collection gathers for the first time nearly all surviving films of Georges Méliès from his first (Card party, 1896) to his last (The voyage of the Bouririchon Family, 1913), bracketing more than 170 others. Beautiful new music has been prepared by ten leading practitioners of silent film accompaniment.
Note:Collective title, and disc titles from disc menus.
Accompanied guide includes essays by Norman McLaren ("Homage to Georges Méliès") & John Frazer ("Notes on the work of Georges Méliès") and a complete Georges Méliès filmography.
Special feature (disc 1): "Le grand Méliès", a biographical film about Méliès written & directed by Georges Franju (c1952, 31 min.).
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1997.A1 G467 2008 VideoDVD
ISBN:9781893967359
1893967352
System Details:DVD in aspect ratio 1.33:1 presentation ; NTSC ; all regions ; stereo.