Le voyage dans la lune (1902)'s comments

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the3rdman

Imperialists go to the moon and murder the native population of Selenites, deposing their monarch.

11 years 5 months ago

Dieguito

Great classical short!! Sci-fi and special effects when those words didn't even exist

11 years 9 months ago

swhaze

How would this movie have been screened in 1902? Would there have been an orchestra and narrator? I'm just curious. This is the oldest movie I have ever watched!

7 years ago

djgray88

Melier's is pretty much the father of modern effects. He actually use to be a successful magician before turning to film making.

12 years 11 months ago

zombiecreature

Very unique and original for 1902!

9 years 11 months ago

buc86

Who knew it snowed on the moon.

4 years 10 months ago

el-thedeath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv9VMmDFQZs

3 years 5 months ago

Ahhh, yet another procedural... Likely the first science fiction film, loosely based on Jules Verne's novel, 1902's Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) is a maverick little silent by Georges Méliès that uses all sorts of theatrical and circus tricks to make the journey to a fantastical moonscape inhabited by acrobatic zebra people come to life. I'll admit, I'm not always sure how they did it, which is a measure of how impressive an achievement it still is. It's necessarily light on story, and I don't think it would even have gotten to 13 minutes without the padded scene at the beginning which just seems like an exercise in Méliès getting all his friends (and financiers?) into frame for a group shot. But at that length, can you really afford not to watch this whimsical part of film history? (I was joking about it being a procedural. You found me out.)

4 years 10 months ago

newvague

Wonderful. I wish it had been longer.

10 years 1 month ago

xtranophilist

Hand colored version with recovered ending: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ALe_Voyage_dans_la_lune_colour.ogv

10 years 3 months ago

MrCarmady

Average, Melies has done a lot better. Without the famous shot this would be completely forgettable.

13 years 2 months ago

rwj

I was impressed with the special effects given that it is from 1902

13 years 8 months ago

Aeonxul

That was a nice experience. Also the score by AIR was very touching and atmospheric, i would like to know the name of the song titles. If anyone happens to know by any chance, please let me know. Thanks.

9 years 5 months ago

Mette

What a charming french accent :)

I feel like I've just seen the original of countless other films... anyways, it was just ok.

11 years 6 months ago

Cinemaste

I watched the youtube one below first, but (mod-edit: dead link removed) has a clear and watchable picture and it includes the original ending. The music is real bad though :)

12 years 7 months ago