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The Box with Eight Eyes (1978)
Directed by Pierre Levie, Françoise Levie
Documentary, Animation, Drama · 16m
The 2nd short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. In the 18th and 19th centuries, optical views were shown in optical boxes with magnifying lenses. The showmen organised a real spectacle, with a barker, music and sound effects. The views played with light (transparencies, perforations). A series of engravings shows the public's enthusiasm for these shows. The second part of the film is a reconstruction of such a show. First, there are views of Paris, Venice, Constantinople and Versailles, followed by various disasters: plague, floods, fires and shipwrecks.
Cast
Pierre Laroche
Crew
- Director
- Pierre Levie, Françoise Levie
- Director of Photography
- Michel Baudour, Paul Defru
Details
- Original title
- La boîte à huit yeux
- Release date
- 1978-01-01
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genres
- Documentary, Animation, Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Belgium, France
- Production
- SODEP, Sofidoc, Seuil Audiovisuel