Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Leofwine_draca Another of George Melies short films, this one lasting only a couple of minutes. The protagonist is an Egyptian prince grieving after the death of his beloved wife. Desperate to hold her in his arms once more, he employs the services of a mystic in order to make it happen, and the scene is set for a series of supernatural events...Once again the director jams as many camera tricks as possible into such a short space of time. We are treated to such delights as a spooky skeleton standing up and dancing. Its head then floats off and it eventually turns into a beautiful young woman before turning back into a skeleton. These effects are still enjoyable to watch after all these years. The background image of the Sphinx also looks very realistic. Melies once again impresses his audience with his skilled camera-work.

JoeytheBrit This is another typically macabre little number from visionary French pioneer Georges Melies which, while head and shoulders above the work of most of his contemporaries, is fairly inconsequential when compared to much of his output from the same year. It's a one-scene shot set against the sphinxes of Egypt and features the resurrection of a dead princess at the behest of an Egyptian prince. The princess's skeleton is removed from her coffin and brought to life by a magician. Shrouded in veils, she dances around manically for a while, performing unnatural contortions before turning back into a skeleton when her lovelorn prince attempts to kiss her. Enjoyable enough, but only average for Melies.

MartinHafer While this movie is very creative and clever in its use of trick cinematography when compared to other contemporary films, it is a lesser film from Méliès because compared to his other films of the time (particularly Le Voyage Dans le Lune), it is not particularly outstanding.An Egyptian misses his dead sweetheart and gets a strange holy man to revive her from the dead. Using only her skeleton, he produces some strange effects and ultimately the live girl. But, the joy is very, very short-lived and the final scene is pretty clever as she is "magically" returned to her skeletal state. Very interesting and breezy, this film is well worth your time--particularly if you are a fan of the earliest films.If you want to see this film online, go to Google and type in "Méliès" and then click the video button for a long list of his films that are viewable without special software.

antropos01 Two minute show about a magician who takes a skeleton, and brings it to life. When he throws it at the poor girl who sits besides and watches in horror, the movie reaches its top. The sfx of this movie consists of very much noticeable clips, but it's really entertaining for those interested in the history of movies.