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Poster for The Truly Magical Lanterns

The Truly Magical Lanterns

1985 · 13 min

A gentle, curious look at old projection tricks, charming in its simplicity and quietly educational.

Genres
Documentary, Drama
Overview
The 6th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. Featuring demonstrations of magic lanterns by children.
How it feels
Warm, earnest and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Art, education, technology, memory
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
documentary, drama
Directed by
Françoise Levie, Pierre Levie
Cinematography
Gale Tattersall, Michel Baudour
Runtime
13 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French

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