Un prêté pour un rendu (une bonne farce avec ma tête), sold in the United States as Tit for Tat, or a Good Joke With My Head and in Britain as "Tit for Tat"—The head in a case, is a 1904 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 540–541 in its catalogues.[1]
| Tit for Tat | |
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| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
| Starring | Georges Méliès |
Production company | |
Release date |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
Méliès plays the magician in the film, one of several in his oeuvre involving multiplied heads. The special effects are created with substitution splices and multiple exposures.[2]
A paper print of the film survives at the Library of Congress.[3]
References edit
- ^ Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 347, ISBN 9782732437323
- ^ Essai de reconstitution du catalogue français de la Star-Film; suivi d'une analyse catalographique des films de Georges Méliès recensés en France, Bois d'Arcy: Service des archives du film du Centre national de la cinématographie, 1981, pp. 175–76, ISBN 2903053073
- ^ Niver, Kemp R.; Bergsten, Bebe (1985), Early Motion Pictures: The Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, p. 259
External links edit
- Tit for Tat at IMDb
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