Le voyage dans la lune [videorecording] = A trip to the moon / [directed, produced, edited] de/by Georges Méliès. The extraordinary voyage / Steamboat Films presents ; with the participation of France Télévisions ; a co-production with Lobster Films ; told and directed by Serge Bromberg ; co-director, Eric Lange ; produced by Serge Bromberg.
Format:
[videorecording] =
Edition:
Limited ed.
Publisher:
Flicker Alley,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
2 videodiscs (ca. 80 min.) : sd., col., with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (23 p. : col. ill. ; 15 cm.)
Trip to the moon (Motion picture) Astronomer's dream. Eclipse.
Notes:
This edition contains a restored short silent film (15 min.) and a documentary on creation and restoration of the film (65 min.) in two media versions (DVD and Blu-ray). Le voyage dans la lune: Georges Méliès, Henri Delannoy, Bleuette Bernon, François Lallement. Le voyage dans la lune: originally released in France in 1902. The extraordinary voyage: commentary by Serge Bromberg. The extraordinary voyage: originally released as TV documentary in 2011. Booklet (23 p. ; ill. ) in English inserted in container. Bonus features include A trip to the moon -- a black and white version of the film with audio options; interview with Air; two films by Georges Méliès: The astronomer's dream (original title: La lune a un metre ; Star-film ; 1898 ; 3 min., 11 sec.) and The eclipse, or the courtship of the Sun and Moon (original title: Eclipse de soleil en pleine lune; 1907 ; 9 min., 17 sec.).
Summary:
A trip to the moon (original title: Le voyage dans la lune) is a fantasy film featuring trick photography. A group of scientists travel to the moon by being shot in a capsule from a giant cannon, are captured by moon-men, escape, and fall vertically back to earth. Includes scenes of dancers from the Théâtre du Châtelet and acrobats from the Folies-Bergère. The extraordinary voyage is a documentary about making A trip to the moon.
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