Collective title, and disc titles from disc menus. Guide includes essays by Norman McLaren ("Homage to Georges Méliès") & John Frazer ("Notes on the work of Georges Méliès") and a complete Georges Méliès filmography. Special feature (disc 1): "Le grand Méliès", a biographical film about Méliès written & directed by Georges Franju (c1952, 31 min.). English narrations spoken by Serge Bromberg and Fabrice Zagury.
Contents:
Disc one. Le grand Méliès (1953); Films 1896-1901 (60 films) -- Disc two. Films 1902-1904 (48 films) -- Disc three. Films 1904-1906 (25 films) -- Disc four. Films 1907-1908 (30 films) -- Disc five. Films 1908-1913 (10 films).
Summary:
Arranged in chronological order, this comprehensive thirteen hour collection gathers for the first time nearly all surviving films of Georges Méliès from his first (Card party, 1896) to his last (The voyage of the Bouririchon Family, 1913), bracketing more than 170 others. Beautiful new music has been prepared by ten leading practitioners of silent film accompaniment.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.