"Le livre magique" or "The Magic Book" from 1900 is another from these uncountable Méliès short films. It runs for almost 3 minutes and basically shows us in its entirety how the magician brings characters to life, literary characters out of a gigantic book. So, it's not magic in the traditional sense, but movie magic as it all has to do with trick photography. In my opinion, this was an okay watch. I have seen better, more interesting movies from Méliès, but also worse ones. In 1900, the very first sound and color movies were made, but this was not by Méliès and his work here is still silent and black-and-white as usual. All in all, this is an okay watch for people with a deep interest in the early days of film, but everybody else can skip this one.
Review of The Magic Book
