By George Melies, an old 1902 film from france about a small group
of scientists that travel to space on a rocket to get to the moon. The
Cinematheque Melies says on its homepage that the Melies family resigned
copyright in 1961.
Reviewer: Christine
Hennig -
- August 4, 2006 Subject: You Could Poke the Man in
the Moon's Eye Out with That! This is the movie everybody thinks of when you mention Georges Melies.
And why not? This delightful romp about some silly astronomers and their goofy
trip to the moon is a classic. It was most likely the first movie ever made
about space travel. The scene of the Man in the Moon getting hit in the eye by
the Giant Space Bullet (which was shot out of the Giant Space Gun) is probably
filmdom's first bona fide iconic image. This is also the first film in which the
Cranky Guy on Saturn appears (spot him in a Melies film and you win a free ice
cream cone on your next visit!). Enjoy! A 1902 Melies film.
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: *****. Weirdness: *****. Historical Interest: *****.
Overall Rating: *****.
Reviewer: Ontario
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- August 3, 2006 Subject: Penetrating the Moon The scene of the bullet-like rocket PENETRATING the canon is, well ...
very French. The idea of going to the Moon is the idea of COPULATION which
underlies all sci-fi / fantasy, and all other movies. Have you ever wandered why
in the latest movies by Peter Jackson there's so many scenes of intruding,
pouring, making a way into smth.? And why it's always raining, and the
protagonists and the landscape are always wet? Well, what gets wet when
something - not unlike the growing mushroom on the Moon - gets into it? Enters
it? PENETRATES it? Yes, man is highly and interminably motivated to get to the
Moon!
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