Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.

See what’s playing
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
  • Try 7 Days Free
  • Now Showing
  • MUBI GO
  • Gift MUBI
  • Film Database
  • Notebook
  • Notebook Magazine
  • MUBI Editions
  • SHOP
  • About
  • Ways to Watch
  • Students
  • Jobs
  • Terms & Privacy
6.8
/10
61 Ratings

UPSIDE DOWN; OR, THE HUMAN FLIES

Directed by Walter R. Booth
United Kingdom, United States, 1899
Fantasy, Short, Silent
  • 11 minute

Synopsis

An 1899 British short silent fantasy film featuring a conjuror sending his audience to the ceiling, which exploits a very simple illusion: that of filming with the camera turned upside-down.

Synopsis

An 1899 British short silent fantasy film featuring a conjuror sending his audience to the ceiling, which exploits a very simple illusion: that of filming with the camera turned upside-down.