Kasper, The names "Judith" and "Alexandre" were supplied in the
intertitles of this three minute film made in 1904 by one of the first
filmmakers. Melies didn't anthropomorphize the nine of spades, the first
card with which the magician within the film performs a number of
intriguing tricks. Barry
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:06:28 +0300, Kasper <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I don't know who those people are, but if I did this would be even better.
>
>K S
>
>On 16/08/06, Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> THE LIVING PLAYING CARDS
>>
>> [directed by Georges Melies]
>>
>>
>> Queen of Hearts (Judith),
>> torn up,
>> ignited,
>> projected,
>> metamorphosed
>> out of movable screen &
>> returned into it,
>> replaced by
>> Alexandre, the King of Clubs,
>> and then by the image
>> of the directorial magician.
>>
>>
>> Barry Alpert / Silver Spring, MD US / 8-16-06 (11:59 AM)
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