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Un Prêté pour un rendu
FRANCE · 1904

Un Prêté pour un rendu

Georges Méliès
magic body horror surrealism trick photography revenge
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Synopsis

Georges Melies the magician. Melies removes his own head, puts it in a glass box on a stool, then grows another one. Melies lights up a cigarette and blows smoke at his old head. The head gets payback by levitating above Melies and spewing water on him.

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