Le Diable Noir by Georges Melies (1905)

[josharnfield]

Silly question I know, but how did he manage to get the smoke clouds. As in, what did he use?

[udawey91]

gracias melies, por crear este maravilloso espectaculo, que hiy en dia conocemos como el cine

[Balthamous]

Dear Hollywood, bring back quality films like this

[marco39325]

OUELA

[er10b]

Just watched a few of Melies' films and another by a Spanish dude who made the funniest haunted house movie ever - modern horror has nothing on these pioneers.

[afreak]

fake

[SuspenseSmith]

Is it sad that the "effects" in this film makes it look more believable than most CGI nowadays?

[joraygordy]

I can't believe they did this in 1905! It is fluid!!!!

[munnonockspirit]

That poor man! lol

This beats 99% of the crap in theatres right now.

[SuspenseSmith]

@munnonockspirit ....except for Hugo, which pays appropriate homage to Melies' work.

[mihaelagarbatovschi1]

ko6mar shi di leva.....(n)

[Davidegiorgetta]

I never get bored seeing it

[Infernusism]

This is grand

[biazoiuda]

BRAVO

[TallestMiyuki12]

that was funny

[elite32predator]

Vraiment excellent! 

[antyskin]

Amazing!!! 

[weirdlittlekid]

best ceiling ever

[LesLegionsNoires]

@weirdlittlekid the blankness is enchanting

[Hotsauce850]

Wow...I just recently saw A Trip to the Moon for the first time and stumbled upon this gem...genuinely entertaining from start to finish... Melies must've been a god at the beginning of the 20th century

[duckofrandomness]

if he were around now he wouldn't go with the times (which is fine because i'm not a big fan of 3d).... even when newer techniques became available in his time and his films became less popular he never switched.... but he's still awesome...

[ClubPenguinMovies123]

they had video cams back then?

[XxxkenzaxxX]

@ClubPenguinMovies123 Lol... they started making movies even before this. There is video footage from the 1880s...

[LandonKM]

Melies wipes the floor with those Lumiere hacks!!!

[CarLosSanCas]

it would be great if this guy lived now and had the great technological advances of nowadays... im sure he would use them wisely, unlike james cameron and his horrible plots

[polarkreis201]

@CarLosSanCas

sry i doesnt think so, if he would be still alive i bet with you he would go with the time and the trend and made avatar anyway thats the evolution ;)

[CarLosSanCas]

@polarkreis201 well i totally agree with the evolution part and he would obviously go with it... but you cant argue that many directors that have big advertising and merchandising support make terrible films... independent cinema is way better

[CarLosSanCas]

it would be great if this guy lived now and had the great technological advances of nowadays... im sure he would use them wisely, unlike james cameron and his horrible plots

[LucaC1993]

Georges Melies is a magician! Cheers to the great director!

[TheOmninovoi]

fantastically funny! great early film director.... !!!!

[TheOmninovoi]

fantastically funny! great early film director.... !!!!

[masonismail1994]

u got this in hd ? :3 *trollface

[spirmessi]

if you like to see the cinema history watch *BIRTH OF CINEMA* in youtube and enjoy.

[CoolProduction93]

GENIO,veramente fantastico

[revbricenichols]

That was GENIUS!!!

[frAgileNota]

chapeau

[alberts75]

En Santiago de Chile se acaba de presentar una muestra del trabajo de Melies narrado por su bisnieta y con música en vivo a cargo de un tataranieto del mago. Simplemente espectacular.

[AIRforceONE69]

fake

[b1zzyb0nes]

@AIRforceONE69 fake?? FAKE??!! Of course it's fake! It's as fake as the special effects of today's cinema! That's what Melies was all about- fantasy!

[carrerajos]

Meliés fue uno de los pioneros de la narratividad, a pesar de que no exista la presencia aún del cutting se cuenta ya una historia, ya no es el típico (para ese entonces) filmarlas vivencias en las calles, posterior al atraccionismo que mostraba el MRP se estos dieron la pauta para que se establezca el MPI que lo vemos hasta el día de hoy

[ninjaspiceattacks]

the most amazing thing about melies i think is that there was nothing really before it. there are hardly ever any new ideas in cinema, especially now. but at that time, they pretty much had to work out ways of doing anything they wanted to do. and melies in particular invented so many ways of doing things that are still used today.

[Moseslawgiver]

Humans may have changed fashions, styles and even ways of living and thinking. But our sense of fun will never change ... same with our sense of humour. There's really no difference here than some people modern people having some fun on film today. Those women are clearly having so much fun. Things like this really make me see that a the past hellish century hasn't changed us as a species as much as I thought we had. Thank God.

[Simba92]

That was hilarious

[AndThenIFound20Bucks]

wow, he really wanted to get his coat into that dresser...

Really cool effects for the early 1900's.

[Max0Inq]

Great scene with those chairs.

[CivilServantMan]

Great video: simple enough to redo on almost every media platform.

I remade the Melies movie 'Le voyage dans la lune' as a game level for the PS3 game Little Big Planet a year ago. That worked perfectly. Check out the result: i put a filmed version on youtube (search under Melies, LBP and you' ll find it).

[megamanX987]

that was freaking awesome

[uxorater]

i lovea all the movement expression this is funny.

[SuperJadeDragon]

I know that this is new for them at that time and all, but it's really, um, white. In the sense that only they would be trying to put clothes in a dresser that is moving on it's own. People of color, as soon as the dresser moved once would have booked! They are in a haunted place and acting like it's ok! That's why they always die in horror films because they stay around. What's so wrong with leaving? Why investigate? Curiosity killed the, what?!

[RebelKnightCSA]

@SuperJadeDragon

I think youre reading too much into this.  People are people regardless of race, so why bring race into it? Besides, if the character had "booked" as you put it, there would have been no movie. I suggest you stop overthinking what is supposed to be entertainment, and just sit back and LMAO as I did.

[lazuliesong]

J'adore :D En plus le diable noir me fait penser à un ami qui saute partout bref XD

[ploftkaploft]

lol, great stuff. I think the traveler deserved it, after he tried groping the lady at 0:47. The black devil is more like a black trickster. Youtube amateur filmmakers should try doing something of the genre. It's not a high cost of production and digital technologies allow for an easy editing - creativity is your limit. Thanks for uploading.

[Jeffseal]

Does anyone know to how make the smoke effect at 2:56?

[isgoanrain]

Georges would film the man running up to the dresser before freezing in his place upon reaching it. He then put a smoke bomb of some sort in the dresser, pressed film and responded to its explosion. Simple yet effective, the grandfather of special fx :)

[montihun]

Hey, its cool. Those chairs are so funny :D

[IsabelGarcia9]

is there a book out there that explains how he did this and his other films?

[TimothyBreeding]

That is a really clean copy, too bad the other films were destroyed. Thank you for posting.

[wretchedsnowman1]

You wanna know the most ironic part? All of the videos, or at least most, that we have of his, we only have from the pirates who bankrupted him.

[Antronero]

Altro che cinema post-moderno... questo era cinema... vale quanto 5 premi oscar contemporanei. Grande Meliès... sei un mito!!!

[Leprutz]

sono dacordo

[Linalichan]

1:28 : Wtf ? How did he do that?

[JimFit18]

he hanged with something thats why he has his hands up.

[NewDimacartoons]

funny

[finalizer0]

Those fucking chairs! XD

[PseudoBread]

Thanks!

[spirmessi]

if you like old movies watch the *BIRTH OF CINEMA* in youtube and enjoy.

[Silkysmooth915]

If you read the Invention of Hugo Cabret it talks about Georges Meilies. It is very good book, in my opinion.

[MrComment01]

Its not a subliminal message

its his Star Film Company logo

[EasyVlad]

Subnominal message : at : 0:02

The Star of satan

[showroommeryll]

ehe oui!

[luisafosco]

fuck citizen kane, this is awesome

[chuuzz1]

WTF, i was told that this was scary, hmmmmm.

[ordjay]

a master of early cinema. Thanks for posting it here.

[iommicult]

the part with all the chairs is hilarious! its a bummer so many of his films were destroyed. this beats the hell out of Twilight and all that shit.

[Chow2Productions]

I love it when the curtain bursts into flames.

Also, this is what film was meant to be. Its artistic, creative, original (for its time). Some stupid movies from today slander the art of film making and leave the geniuses and pioneers of this art turning in their graves.

This is true art, right here.

[wretchedsnowman1]

Georges Melies was one of the most influential people to the birth of film as an art form. It was his genius that developed several techniques still used in videography today. Unfortunately, his career as a filmmaker was destroyed by people pirating his footage. Luckily, the French government, noting his great success and contribution to the art, found him an apartment where he quietly lived out the rest of his life.

[anasus91]

jaja mendigo diablito!

fantastic!

[texasB666]

the grandpappy of horror film right here ,it's kinda funny now but back in the day ,yah back in the day ....

for oldies think Häxan is the most fucked up one ,realy realy creepy,especially with doomed tunes on the background !

[xaxie1]

georges melies changed my views towards old films, thanks george

[donre4]

bravissimo

[06101841]

FANTASTIC!!!!!!

[Kvltman]

Is this supposed to be a horror or comedy? Either way, I still like it!

[philipchek]

The quality of the video is unbelievable.

[NordyMark0594]

103 years ago ! The 3 minutes and 53 seconds of this film seemed liked 30 seconds. Georges Melies was a pioneer with a sense of humor and imagination. He should receive an honerary Oscar.

[darkon4431]

Terrific !

[noseculpeanadie]

applause,

melies was a genius,

[Kvltman]

Fuck yea

[Minisshman]

lol

[Minisshman]

watch a trip to th moon by georges meliers and read the imvention of huga cabret! they both awsome

[Diorm]

OMG CHAIRS!!!

[drikajardel]

I love it

[EstebanTRN]

this diable rules !!!!!!

[invisibleFilms]

For more on Georges Melies visit Melies Museum on

melies.invisiblefx com

[SkittleGurl03]

you wonder how old that guy is in the black suit

[santasxgirlfriend]

thanx!

[PhantomDog]

Melies was a master waaay ahead of his time and contemporaries. Thank you for posting this, the best clip I've seen out of about a hundred.

[tjodolF2]

That's pretty funny. Astoundingly good quality, no shaking, no blur.

[jamesjefferys]

that's brilliant. makes you wonder why people can be so ignorant to older cinema that's clealy a lot better than a lot of the crap we see today!

[MarieEtOlivia]

God, I so agree with you. Atleast in the old-days people bothered with special effects rather than computor-dependant crap, and actors/actresses were real people and artists instead of vogue idols and filthy rich ego-maniacs.

[happysnappytwinkleas]

Fantastique!!! Love it!

[COUTUREkid]

Wow, pretty good continuity for a 100yr. old film =)

[SearsHomeCentral]

bravo! bravo!

[allisonalmodovar]

Thanks for posting this.

[stickyjoe131]

What the shit does that have to do with this?

[NoirFemme]

lmao! this is hilarious

[elcucca]

la mejor película del mundooooo

[esra751]

ne tadar eskii

[OllieMugwump]

I'm seeking it out too.

[themuzzler]

great!does anyone know where i could get my hands on "Le Manoir du diable" (house of the devil) made in 1896 by Melies?

[DankeRainer]

Wow, this guy was way ahead of his time.

[unispherical]

hey! melies stole the idea from michel gondry's hardest button to button..

checkout my melies ripoff titled Conjuring Elf-dutch masterson

[Desolationmkii]

Thankis mna. I was looking for these as part of my media course. You saved me having to trawl through the Uni Library video section tommorow.

[BoxcarBertha]

Uh-lala, mon amour! Je T'Aime so much, Méliès!!!

[mkultrablackops]

Bravo.

[randtabs]

Excellent video. I'm looking from all these (proto-)classic films and this is one of the best I've seen!. Thank you!