Let me play among the stars. Or maybe not. They didn't look too happy about the intruders.
This little short is often considered one of the milestones of the early years of cinema. Georges Méliès takes us on a trip to the moon and back and shows us how much ahead of his time he was, namely 67 years. With lots of people doubting Armstrong actually happening, I wonder how many people back in 1902 truly believed people set foot on the moon. After all, film was a completely new dimension to people's minds and as we, even these days, often doubt how much is real and how much is contrived, people back then may have had their very own way of perceiving Méliès works.
This film's plot is as simple as it's fantastic. Astronomers plan and conduct a trip into space, meet the most fantastic creatures, but communication fails and they quickly return to Earth where they get celebrated as heroes. But the plot is not really what matters here. Neither are the people acting pretty much the same in every scene running around wildly, waving and arguing. The most wonderful aspect is how much creativity and detail Mélies put into each scene in terms of animation and scenery, most of all of course the face of the moon.
Surely worth a watch, not only for those interested in the history of the movies.
This little short is often considered one of the milestones of the early years of cinema. Georges Méliès takes us on a trip to the moon and back and shows us how much ahead of his time he was, namely 67 years. With lots of people doubting Armstrong actually happening, I wonder how many people back in 1902 truly believed people set foot on the moon. After all, film was a completely new dimension to people's minds and as we, even these days, often doubt how much is real and how much is contrived, people back then may have had their very own way of perceiving Méliès works.
This film's plot is as simple as it's fantastic. Astronomers plan and conduct a trip into space, meet the most fantastic creatures, but communication fails and they quickly return to Earth where they get celebrated as heroes. But the plot is not really what matters here. Neither are the people acting pretty much the same in every scene running around wildly, waving and arguing. The most wonderful aspect is how much creativity and detail Mélies put into each scene in terms of animation and scenery, most of all of course the face of the moon.
Surely worth a watch, not only for those interested in the history of the movies.