Seein' Things (1908 film)

Seein' Things
Directed by	Georges Méliès
Starring	Georges Méliès
Release dates	1908
Running time	140 meters^[1]
Country	France
Language	Silent

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

External links

Seein' Things at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Georges Méliès

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