The Magic Hoop (1908)

Release Date: 1908-11-23
Runtime: 0h 5min
Production Company: Soci&eacute;t&eacute; des Etablissements Gaumont (FR)
Production Country: France
Director: <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.cinebymovies.com/actor/931794/eacute-mile-cohl"> &Eacute;mile Cohl

Émile Cohl mixes live-action and stop-motion animation in this charming evocation of the power of imagination. A magician shapes his cane into a hoop with strange properties for a young girl. Costume changes and city promenades give way towards greater abstraction as the film becomes absorbed by what goes on inside the ring.