Английская Википедия:Dislocation Extraordinary

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Dislocation Extraordinary (Шаблон:Lang-fr), also known as Extraordinary Illusions, is a 1901 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 335–336 in its catalogues. [1]

Production and themes

The film is one of many in which Méliès plays with the idea of living body parts separated from their body;[2] living dismembered limbs had been a feature of stage magic for some time, notably in the work of Nevil Maskelyne, one of Méliès's major influences.[3] For Dislocation Extraordinary, Méliès combined this stage-magic tradition with the stock character of Pierrot, a commedia dell'arte character. The character had been familiar in Méliès's France since Jean-Gaspard Deburau's revival of commedia techniques in the first half of the 19th century.[3]

The special effects were carried out with substitution splices and multiple exposures,[2] aided by a black cloth background.[3]

The film's Pierrot is played by André Deed, a music-hall acrobat. He worked with Méliès for some years,[3] leaving in 1904 when he was hired by Pathé, to whom he revealed some of Méliès's secrets for special effects. Deed's later work includes the Cretinetti (Foolshead) series.[2] Méliès returned to Dislocation ExtraordinaryШаблон:'s "free-floating limbs" in 1903, when he featured them again in his film The Infernal Cakewalk.[3]

Release

The film's title for English-language markets was Dislocation Extraordinary; however, Méliès scholar John Frazer, confusing it with a later Méliès film, referred to it as Extraordinary Illusions.[2] The latter title is also used for the film on at least one home video release.[4]

References

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