The Magic Hoop
Nov 23, 1908 | IMDB 4.6
5 min Watch NowFantasy, Animation
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.
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