Melies stands on stage doing his magician schtick. He first creates a woman from out of the air. He then takes a bubble straw and makes bubbles that seem like women's heads. He pops them. Now there are more women. It's been done to death. The director mug and manipulates his audience and does things that he couldn't do in a normal magic show.
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Soap Bubbles
Michael_Elliott20 March 2010
Soap Bubbles (1906)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
aka Les Bulles de savon vivantes
Decent trick film from Melies has a woman taking form out of a bubble. Melies plays the magician who continues to blow bubbles that take shape as various parts of this woman, which he then orders to take form. This here is certainly an entertaining little gem even if it isn't among the best work from the French master. I think the special effects hold up fairly well considering this film is now over one-hundred years old. There are a few funny bits and as usual Melies adds a lot of charm.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
aka Les Bulles de savon vivantes
Decent trick film from Melies has a woman taking form out of a bubble. Melies plays the magician who continues to blow bubbles that take shape as various parts of this woman, which he then orders to take form. This here is certainly an entertaining little gem even if it isn't among the best work from the French master. I think the special effects hold up fairly well considering this film is now over one-hundred years old. There are a few funny bits and as usual Melies adds a lot of charm.
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