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Movie poster: Pharmaceutical Hallucinations (1908)
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Pharmaceutical Hallucinations

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1908 · 13 min Fantasy
5.2 / 10 · TMDB

There's a chemistry lab, in which one or two people ingest the wrong drug -- apparently -- and have a seriously bad trip. Then there's this wizard in his cave, and a fairy appears -- then there's this massive feast with about a dozen people. Then it ends.

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Original Title Hallucinations pharmaceutiques ou Le truc de potard
Year 1908
Country France
Genre Fantasy
Director Georges Méliès
Runtime 13 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.2/10 (12 votes)

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The film constructs its narrative as a visual metaphor for an altered state, relying on editing and theatrical sets to create a surreal, disorienting effect.

What lingers after viewing is the primitive yet earnest attempt to visualize a bad trip and magical transformation in cinema's infancy. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Georges Méliès

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