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Fantasmagorie
“Experience the world’s first hand-drawn film animation”
6.6 / 10• 1908• 2m•NR• French
AnimationComedy
Storyline
An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart Blackton and the Incoherents of club Hydropathes, the film, with all its wild transformations, sees our protagonist materialize a movie theatre, meet an elephant and escape from jail; A morphing, stream-of-consciousness delight.
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Émile Cohl's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Fantasmagorie is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
