More than 100 years ago, A Trip to the Moon paved the way for the sci-fi films we know and love today.
The Big Picture Even if you haven't seen A Trip to the Moon , you've likely seen the image that's come to represent it. A man's tortured face is embedded in the moon's surface, one eye gouged out by the arrival of a squat, heavy rocket ship. It's as beautiful as it is disturbing — and it's from one of the most influential science fiction films ever made.
Georges Méliès and His Movies Georges Méliès was born in France in 1861, a time before "the movies" as we know them even existed. He discovered his love for the on-screen arts at a screening of the Lumière brothers' work — the two had pioneered the use of projection screens by inventing a new kind of camera. He instantly fell in love, attempting to buy one of the brothers' "Cinématographe" machines.
'A Trip to the Moon' Left a Lunar Legacy A Trip to the Moon did more than break a genre barrier — it broke down filmmaking barriers for others. Méliès' techniques allowed other directors to improve upon their own. But that doesn't mean his career was safe. Though A Trip to the Moon was popular at the time, it was a loss for Méliès financially — exacerbated by American piracy from the likes of Thomas Edison.
Méliès lost almost everything. Soldiers even confiscated his negatives to melt the material down for shoe heels, a strangely tragic end to his art. But the real, final blow came when he lost his beloved studio. Without a place to store them, Méliès burned many of the negatives and materials used to make his films, rendering them lost to time. In a way, it almost seems fitting: These dreams were too fleeting to last.
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