This is a showcase for another special effect (remember Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling). Meleis is showing off for a group of girls. He walks on walls. He walks on ceilings. He is quite dapper as he does these things. So he is a human fly. The creativity of this man when movie cameras were barely invented boggles the mind. This is also painted, so it is in color. Wonderful.
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Too bad this one is so fuzzy.
planktonrules9 September 2020
"L'homme Mouche" ("The Human Fly") is a clever little film from Georges Méliès that, unfortunately, is VERY fuzzy and is in need of some sort of conservation. It's actually surprising, as the hand-painted print is GORGEOUS when it comes to the colors...very vibrant and much nicer than most other early hand-colored films.
The plot is very simple. A Russian dancer (flanked by pretty girls on each side) is really good at his dancing...so much that he begins dancing on the walls. It's a pretty neat effect for 1902 and is a good film for the director....but oh, is it fuzzy and out of focus!
The plot is very simple. A Russian dancer (flanked by pretty girls on each side) is really good at his dancing...so much that he begins dancing on the walls. It's a pretty neat effect for 1902 and is a good film for the director....but oh, is it fuzzy and out of focus!
The Human Fly
Michael_Elliott3 April 2008
Human Fly, The (1902)
*** (out of 4)
aka L'homme-mouche
The film takes place at some sort of party where there are six girls standing in line when Melies comes out and begins to walk up the side of the walk just like a fly. This is another winner from the legendary director who takes his special effects and does wonders with them. You can somewhat notice the edit but that doesn't take away from any of the charm as Melies dances around going up and down the wall. Also worth noting is that the entire film has been hand colored and this here looks very nice, especially the yellows.
*** (out of 4)
aka L'homme-mouche
The film takes place at some sort of party where there are six girls standing in line when Melies comes out and begins to walk up the side of the walk just like a fly. This is another winner from the legendary director who takes his special effects and does wonders with them. You can somewhat notice the edit but that doesn't take away from any of the charm as Melies dances around going up and down the wall. Also worth noting is that the entire film has been hand colored and this here looks very nice, especially the yellows.
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