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Fantastic voyages of the cinematic imagination, Georges Méliès's Trip to the moon, edited by Matthew Solomon

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Fantastic voyages of the cinematic imagination

bibliography

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edited by Matthew Solomon

The SUNY series, horizons of cinema

Georges Méliès's Trip to the moon

Accompanying disc includes two versions of the film: a reconstructed version accompanied by an original 1903 score and a recently rediscovered color-tinted version; both have optional audio commentaries by the editor

Introduction / Matthew Solomon -- A trip to the movies: Georges Méliès, filmmaker and magician (1861-1938) / Paolo Cherchi Usai -- Theatricality, narrativity, and trickality: reevaluating the cinema of Georges Méliès / André Gaudreault -- A trip to the moon: a composite film / Thierry Lefebvre -- First-footing on the moon: Méliès's debt to Verne and Wells and his influence in Great Britain / Ian Christie -- "Distance does not exist": Méliès, le cinéma, and the moon / Murray Pomerance -- Shooting into outer space: reframing modern vision / Tom Gunning -- A trip to the moon as féerie / Frank Kessler -- A trip to the moon as an American phenomenon / Richard Abel -- A trip to the fair; or, moon-walking in space / Matthew Solomon -- The stars might be smiling: a feminist forage into a famous film / Victoria Duckett -- Impossible voyages and extraordinary adventures in early science fiction cinema: from Robida to Méliès and Marcel Fabre / Antonio Costa -- No one-way ticket to the moon / Viva Paci -- Appendix: A fantastical ... trip to the moon ; Answers to Questionary [sic] / Georges Méliès ; The marvelous in the cinema / Georges Méliès ; The importance of the script / George MélièsDisc: A trip to the moon: reconstructed version with commentary (15:39) ; tinted version with commentary (11:48)

Georges Méliès's Trip to the moon