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The Human Fly

1902 · 2 min Fantasy
5.9 / 10 · TMDB

This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment of six pretty maidens. Then, to the astonishment of all, he runs up the wall, dances and turns handsprings in mid-air, introducing many tricks that are entirely new in animated photography. The most puzzling of all the mystical series. (Star Film Catalog)

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Original Title L'Homme mouche
Year 1902
Country France
Genre Fantasy
Director Georges Méliès
Runtime 2 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.9/10 (25 votes)

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The film constructs its enchantment not through narrative, but through pure visual spectacle, relying on trick photography and editing that were groundbreaking for 1902. It explores cinema's innate capacity to be a machine for generating wonder, where physical laws are delightfully suspended.

What lingers after viewing is the sheer joy of cinematic invention in its most primal, playful form—a testament to the medium's magical origins. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Georges Méliès

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Watch in dim light as a curious attraction, surrendering to the simple wonder of early illusion.

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