"Le Livre Magique" ("The Magic Book") is a Georges Méliès film with many familiar aspects to it. It's a magic show AND it features characters from the Italian Commedia Dell'Arte--something which the filmmaker seemed obsessed with and featured in many of his short films.
The story begins with a bearded magician putting a gigantic book on his bench. As he goes through the pages, the characters pop off the book and gather about in his room. And, like most magic shows, by the end he's sent these Italian characters back into the book from whence they came.
Nothing particularly earth-shaking here...just more familiar Georges Méliès magic. Well made for 1900 and often copied by his contemporaries.
The story begins with a bearded magician putting a gigantic book on his bench. As he goes through the pages, the characters pop off the book and gather about in his room. And, like most magic shows, by the end he's sent these Italian characters back into the book from whence they came.
Nothing particularly earth-shaking here...just more familiar Georges Méliès magic. Well made for 1900 and often copied by his contemporaries.