Plantonrules is absolutely right, this film would've certainly been dated by 1912. I mean, come on, trick films were already losing their popularity by 1906. I don't know what Segundo de Chomón was thinking. There is no real plot to this film, and the best thing about it are the great costumes and sets put into it. France Mathieu's garb is beautiful. As for the film, it's pretty much just a bunch of sets linked together on a stage through dissolves, and a pretty girl gesturing. No plot at all, it's meant, I guess, to be a stage routine because the pretty girl opening and closing the curtain at the end and beginning seems to imply so. There's no reason to recommend this today, so I won't. Sure, I kinda liked it, but what people today will be interested in girls moving around in elaborate costumes in front of flower-like backdrops? Not the majority.
Review of L'iris fantastique
