George Melies - The Conjuror 1899

[TimeTravelinc]

@TranshumanCyborg this was the first Cinema Magician in history.

He was also mentioned in the book that will soon be a movie Hugo.

[eyedentifeye]

This has to be the first high-tech magician ever!

[83ishgirl]

Awesome as usually! :) Thanks for the upload and thank you Mr. Georges Melies for creating some awesome little films!

[APEdawg13]

wtf is going on

[theendofit]

the changes when they are jumping are incredable for the time

[eduardorenato]

Watching Christopher Nolan's 'the Prestige' really makes me appreciate the Méliès.

[Hotsauce850]

I have been astounded by Melies since the moment I watched A Trip to the Moon and I think I know why now: This is pure emotional film making; these films are being made solely because the maker is fascinated by his work; he is not doing it for any other cause but to amaze himself and amaze the audience. Brilliance

[silverblondguy3]

@Hotsauce850 yeah,but a lot of modern film makers do it for art,like tarantino or burton before he got famous(the last few movies are too commercial)

[ManilaSyndicate]

Marvelous. A wonder these films survived. The closest to time travel.

[panqueque445]

I can only imagine the people's faces back in 1899, you should've seen mine. this was one of the most awesome films i've ever seen.

[ShareYourUnderwear]

This is super radddd.

[maxLeifermann]

Incredible Incredible Incredible -- I sincerely believe this is *way* more magical in effect than modern CGI...

[gaozhi2007]

This is fucking awesome.

[PtAltmVansanTarr]

Amzing!!

[Vanasse1]

Georges is my distant relative, not sure if he was an uncle or something.. but i'm so proud of his legacy!!! He was the forefather of motion pictures...

[thewelford]

I wish someone would have told me this was a video of congress.

[spirmessi]

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

[kamiikam]

@spirmessi Thanks a lot!!!

[rIaNaLeIgH]

It's pretty neat to me to see such old films like this one ;]

[marcushelbling]

I'm sure bck in 1899 this kind of filming method was old and easily disestablished, but in 2010, it's so intriguing and original that it might be too much for people to understand.

[HOMERZP]

ЖЪЙУФК

[nikhaj]

perfect OMG creative outstanding""""

[HirachieOfSociety]

ahhh the first use of stop motion magic :p

[ZealonChaosMagi]

That... Is fucking amazing.

[pwhaaster]

knip en plak werk

[ophelia0thy0mermaid]

HOLY SCHAMOWLY!! my jaw was restign on the floor.. that was amazing!

[thedabick]

a cuanta gente de aquella epoca habran logrado engañar con estos efectos cinematograficos

[Simba92]

WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Max0Inq]

Awesome :D

[verbusen]

I bet the people ate this up in 1899! It's still cool for me, looks damn better then a lot of cheesy stuff I've watched over the years! Thanks for posting.

[Cytacon]

Actually it is 111 years old.. Obviously some people have a problem with basic math.

[MacJaxonManOfAction]

@Cytacon True, but in a few years, we'll be wrong and they'll be right. You've got to think philosophically ;-)

[kenboy756]

116!

[kanetakermonster300]

damn this is over 115 years old O.O

[BlueNeon81]

Melies' movies needs a complete 8K digital restoration

[MillaHead]

the fact that he mastered the technique of special effects in the incipience of the motion picture camera is a remarkable feat. Lon Chaney did not have the talent that this man had.

[MacJaxonManOfAction]

I suppose this was the equivalent of CGI in the nineteenth century.

[Gerkinstock]

Actually, CGI in the 21st century would be the equivalent of this.

[MacJaxonManOfAction]

Yes. Agreed.

[uozon]

Spectacular effects.

[Gerark1]

george melies de verdad que un genio

[LeBaNeSeCole]

lol

I cant believe

[antiwar12]

Time is the greatest wonder! One say we will be in another age altogether.

[zeibra]

simply wonderfull !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dahmerlagos]

exelenteee

[rainwingwolf]

...Your username says a lot about you, idiot.

[finalizer0]

CG don't got shit on this.

[spirmessi]

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

[jambi00102]

WOW!!! cine ficción, que buena onda. Está preciso este video.

[Neurozumim]

The best from that year though (1899) is Cendrillon. Not nearly as fun but very ambitious.

[TheJazzyMan1988]

Lol...I'm 20 and this was made the year my great-grandma was born...I got to see her up till I was 5, if she was alive today she would be AMAZINGLY long-living. It's amazing to think even she would have thought this was "old", it would be like me looking at 1987.

[anahita70]

oh it's really interesting . in that time i think he had a really well brain , really love him X

[TibtheBear]

hahah so wicked

[RabbitDance]

Take that Criss Angel! LOL :o)

[daughterrevolution]

Amazing. 1899.

[notjohnlennon]

méliès is great.

[manjuinwonderland]

thank you for uploading this video. I love Melies ^^

[Shaderwoohoo]

Roffz, by using some kind of stopmotion.

Just by putting the camera on pauze, removing an object from the scene, or a person and start filming again, quite easy to be honest, but he was one of the first to do so and one of the best too.

[shakespearespqr]

keep in mind this is the XIX century. People were not used to this kind of technology. They would actually hide under the tables if watching a train in a movie...

[condensedclassics]

Georges Melies is the father of cinematic special effects. It's great you posted this.

[topdog2109]

cool video

[keversley]

all he did was let the camera roll, and stopped it while the lady went through a trap door then resumed filming. magic is staged

[DandelionsAndCheese]

yeah, but that's the beauty of it, this was done about 100 years ago, he was the first person ever to come up with such an idea.

[Rozzf]

HOW THE HECK DID U HE DO THAT?!!!

[jackhudson1392]

You best be trollin

[PlayboyYugoslavia]

19th century fox

[BlueCougar]

Even if this film had been spliced, the timing and editing skills would have been impressive. Now that I've learned they didn't even splice, but stopped the camera and resumed filming on the spot... what can I say? Genius!

[NordyMark0594]

WoW ! 1899 ! Melies was a genious

[phoranea]

genial!

[danielchance]

what happened to the girl?

[applebrainn]

AHHHHHHHHHHHH how does he do that? how have we lost his secrets? that's real magic!!!

[noseculpeanadie]

melies was a genius, we owe him our respects.

peace

[satanicsquirrel01]

obviously he's just spliced the film roll, but still...

[noseculpeanadie]

yea, but its like the bullet-time of our time,

[OrangeJuiceMusic]

yeah, i know, im not saying it isn't impressive, i'm just saying that in 21st century eyes it's kind of obvious what he's done. but for 109 years ago, it's one of the most amazing things i've ever seen.

[ShiningMoment23]

Actually, this movie pre-dates film splicing and physical editing by a couple of years. You can see a film splice or two in the source print for this video, but they're not at the transition jumps, and might be film repairs of a later time. This movie was made with a hand-cranked camera and a lot of skill and timing. And quite a bit of rehearsal, I'd imagine.

Primitive film editing started about 1902. Optical printing didn't come along until the 1920s.

[satanicsquirrel01]

fucking hell! thats amazing

[XmegaPresident]

I can't believe a movie made 109 years ago is still very amusing and cool!!!

[sunshine408]

59 seconds of awesome. That was pretty cool.

[Minisshman]

amazing for the early 1900s

[jeanlotus]

really nice effects.

[bolshoibooze1]

oh shit its criss angel!! lmao

[flamytheguy]

george melies kicks criss angels ass

[RabbitDance]

LOL yeah!

[rsuriyop]

19th century film... crazy ridiculous!

[SlipknotMetal87]

Simply

Unbelievable

[invisibleFilms]

For more on Georges Melies visit Melies Museum on

melies.invisiblefx com

[unicaelora]

waaaoooo, thats amazing

[Danicababy]

That is freakin cool!!!!!

[UnLoKoDesnudo]

He really opened paths that are still used today. That's something!!

[Halloween41]

That is simply unbelievable...

[gingasavage]

cool!

[OnionHead1988]

thats some good shit

[onurcoban]

thanx

[MabelNormand]

that's really something

[brightshadows13]

That is so cool! Jajaja it's got better SFX than the Sci-Fi channel movies!!

[magicianspirit]

Just remember brightshadows, the Sci-Fi channel had someone who came before them to copy, Melies did not.

[brightshadows13]

I wasn't being sarcastic. Melies had more skill with camera tricks than the SFX Department at the Sci-Fi channel has with computers. Their giant lizards don't look convincing, but the Conjuror's disappearing act does.

[PhantomDog]

Too true!

[elcucca]

lo mejorrrrrrrr

[CinemaSA]

He was amazing. J'aime beaucoup ses petits films. :)

[nandes2]

It's a shame he died in misery. Never made any money cause movies weren't a very commercial thing (that only started with lumieres' first documentaries)

[Xargosss]

Not exactly true, he made a lot of money at the begining, but when the public's taste started to change he continued to make his fantasy movies, he became "old school" and got ruined by pathé.

[richragsdale]

melies is one of my heros

his movies are so whimsical and full of magic and imagination

[aldebaranII]

the criss angel of the 19th century, only cam tricks! :p

The first vanish is very interesting for today in actual magic!

[gkopw]

This movie is revolutionary, Melies pioneered the heavily edited trick photographic approach which today is so common.

[musiclady73]

very interesting, the effects are good, we are talking about 1899!

[lukebattle]

interesting