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Movie poster: Fantasmagorie (1908)
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Fantasmagorie

1908 · 2 min Animation Comedy
6.6 / 10 · TMDB

An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart Blackton and the Incoherents of club Hydropathes, the film, with all its wild transformations, sees our protagonist materialize a movie theatre, meet an elephant and escape from jail; A morphing, stream-of-consciousness delight.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1908
Country France
Genre Animation, Comedy
Director Émile Cohl
Runtime 2 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.6/10 (148 votes)

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Émile Cohl constructs a film from a stream of pure transformation, where each frame relies on the morphing logic of its predecessor. He explores the very foundation of animation, building a world where a line can become anything.

What lingers after the viewing is the raw joy of cinematic play, a reminder of the medium's limitless potential from its very dawn. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Émile Cohl

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