Magie moderne
About Magie moderne
A magician, played by Julienne Mathieu, sets a box on a sheet of glass balanced across a row of carafes. Smoke rises and figures appear. She then turns into a butterfly-woman. An assistant in costume shares the stage.
Cast & crew
More about Magie moderne
Segundo de Chomón directed this Pathé trick film in 1908. The English release title is Modern Magic. A French catalog length is 120 meters. The Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Turin restored a copy in 2011.
Themes
Background
Chomón was making hand-worked trick films for Pathé in Paris in 1908, in the same market as Georges Méliès.
Look
Chomón is credited with the photography as well as the direction.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
The Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Turin restored a copy in 2011.
Notes
- Julienne Mathieu, Chomón's wife and usual lead, plays the magician.
- The Turin restoration of 2011 is described on the French Wikipedia as still hard to watch.
- Pathé sold it abroad as Modern Magic.
Scenes
- The box sits on glass laid over carafes and gives off smoke and figures.
- The magician changes into a butterfly-woman.
