Director Georges Méliès had been a stage magician and used much of his magical training in his films. Many have him playing a stage magician doing all sorts of tricks. By stopping and re-starting the camera, he made things seem to appear, disappear or change. His films were popular and back in the day, other filmmakers just stole his ideas and made their own version of the stories. One of the most successful of these 'borrowers' was Segundo de Chomón, a Spanish filmmaker who specialized in making his own versions of many of the films of Méliès. It's a shame, as he was very talented...and when he wasn't ripping off the French filmmaker, Chomón's work is wonderful. Here in "Les Cent Trucs", however, he just imitates the Frenchman and little innovation occurs in the film.
Like many of his films, this one features a magician doing one trick after another after another with no real regard to any sort of story. You see the magician make clowns, a ballet dancer and a lady all appear and vanish and change. Nothing really more to it than that. A case of been there/done that...and it's hardly original in any way.
Like many of his films, this one features a magician doing one trick after another after another with no real regard to any sort of story. You see the magician make clowns, a ballet dancer and a lady all appear and vanish and change. Nothing really more to it than that. A case of been there/done that...and it's hardly original in any way.