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Extraordinary Illusions (1903 film)
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'Illusions funambulesques', sold in the United States as 'Extraordinary Illusions' and in Britain as 'The 20th Century Illustrationist', is a 1903 French short silent film by Georges Mlis. It was sold by Mlis's Star Film Company and is numbered 512513 in its catalogues.
Mlis plays the magician in the film, which uses substitution splices and dissolves to create its tricks. Mlis returned to the motif of dressing up and transforming a mannequin in a 1905 film, 'The Enchanted Sedan Chair'.
'Illusions funambulesques' should not be confused with an earlier Mlis film, 'Dislocation Extraordinary' (1901). This earlier film has also been known in English as 'Extraordinary Illusions' since at least 1979, when John Frazer described it under that title.'Essai de reconstitution', p. 96. A 2008 home video Mlis collection used the title 'Extraordinary Illusions' for both the 1901 and the 1903 films.
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