25. Shorts: A Trip to the Moon (1902)
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We kick off a month of short films with one of the earliest plot-driven movies, Georges Méliès’s A Trip to the Moon. We discuss the technology of this very early work, the talents of its actors, and its surprising thematic elements touching on imperialism and the pretentiousness of scientists.
AMC Filmsite: https://www.filmsite.org/voya.html
Kanopy: https://lbpl.kanopy.com/video/trip-moon-1
Movies Silently: https://moviessilently.com/2015/03/29/a-trip-to-the-moon-1902-a-silent-film-review/
Silentology blog: https://silentology.wordpress.com/2017/03/31/thoughts-on-a-trip-to-the-moon-1902/
Singer Kovács, Katherine: “Georges Méliès and the ‘Féerie’” in Cinema Journal
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