Le Voyage Dans La Lune by George Méliès
Respect
Producing anything is a pain in the butt. I've been working on a pair of podcast pilots today. It's harder than I thought. Just editing the audio is a pain and all I have to do is highlight the section and push the button. I can't imagine the kind of aggravation Méliès went through to accomplish his masterpiece.
The Dirt
Méliès got screwed out of most of the profits from the American release for his brilliant film by piracy. In the 1930s, he was running a toy shop and he merely asked for recognition of his contributions to cinema. He wanted his place in history. I wish he knew how many generations his film would touch.
Thomas Edison was one pirate of Méliès' work. I acknowledge the concept of film piracy probably didn't quite exist then. Except, Edison did copyright his itty-bitty films.Le Voyage Dans La Lune is brilliant. It's over 100 years old. It's an inspiring work of art. The costumes are beautiful, the story is clearly told and the special effects are special. Without any caveats, the movie is fantastic. It has style, story and meaning. With the sets and the costumes, they knew how to do the work well. Méliès had experience in film production and the vibrant theater in France provided the actors, the set designers, the costumers and script writers.
The movie is 13 minutes and well worth that tiny expenditure of time.
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