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Seein' Things
Directed by Georges Méliès
StarringGeorges Méliès
Release date
  • 1908 (1908)
Running time
140 meters [1]
CountryFrance
LanguageSilent

Seein' Things ( French: Fin de réveillon), also known as Seeing Things, was a 1908 French short silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès.

Plot

A partygoer (played by Méliès) [2] comes home very drunk, and finds that his drunkenness makes him see two of everything. [3]

Release and reception

The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1460–1466 in its catalogues. [1] The New York Mirror gave the film a brief review after its American release as Seeing Things in December 1909, saying that "the subject possesses a fair amount of amusing interest." [3]

The film is currently presumed lost. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 355, ISBN  9782732437323
  2. ^ Malthête & Mannoni 2008, p. 275
  3. ^ a b "Seeing Things", The New York Dramatic Mirror, p. 17, 11 December 1909
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Fin de réveillon)
Seein' Things
Directed by Georges Méliès
StarringGeorges Méliès
Release date
  • 1908 (1908)
Running time
140 meters [1]
CountryFrance
LanguageSilent

Seein' Things ( French: Fin de réveillon), also known as Seeing Things, was a 1908 French short silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès.

Plot

A partygoer (played by Méliès) [2] comes home very drunk, and finds that his drunkenness makes him see two of everything. [3]

Release and reception

The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1460–1466 in its catalogues. [1] The New York Mirror gave the film a brief review after its American release as Seeing Things in December 1909, saying that "the subject possesses a fair amount of amusing interest." [3]

The film is currently presumed lost. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 355, ISBN  9782732437323
  2. ^ Malthête & Mannoni 2008, p. 275
  3. ^ a b "Seeing Things", The New York Dramatic Mirror, p. 17, 11 December 1909

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