Over the seventeen years (1896-1913) of his film-making, Méliès of course reused some ideas and patterns, for instance the magic devil/imp as in this piece. But still, each of those somewhat similar films also contain original content that makes watching them fun (if you go for such old material at all).
Here we have an old scholar/alchimist brooding over a book, challenged by the devil, and going through the familiar sorcery to create a woman by throwing pieces of clothing against a stain-glass church window, like a jigsaw puzzle (and later in reverse). The woman also multiplies herself five-fold so as to match a similar paravent. I know worse ways of spending 7:16 minutes of my life.. :^)
Here we have an old scholar/alchimist brooding over a book, challenged by the devil, and going through the familiar sorcery to create a woman by throwing pieces of clothing against a stain-glass church window, like a jigsaw puzzle (and later in reverse). The woman also multiplies herself five-fold so as to match a similar paravent. I know worse ways of spending 7:16 minutes of my life.. :^)