Fantastic voyages of the cinematic imagination : Georges Melies's Trip to the moon / edited by Matthew Solomon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Solomon, Matthew.

Series:

SUNY series, horizons of cinema.

SUNY series, horizons of cinema

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures.

Trip to the moon (Motion picture).

Melies, Georges, 1861-1938--Criticism and interpretation.

Melies, Georges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011.

Summary:

An authoritative and comprehensive guide to cinema's first true blockbuster.

Contents:

Disc: A trip to the moon: reconstructed version with commentary (15:39) ; tinted version with commentary (11:48).

Introduction

A trip to the movies: Georges Melies, filmmaker and magician (1861-1938) / Paolo Cherchi Usai

Theatricality, narrativity, and trickality : reevaluating the cinema of Georges Melies / Andre Gaudreault

A trip to the moon : a composite film / Thierry Lefebvre

First-footing on the moon : Melies's debt to Verne and Wells and his influence in Great Britain / Ian Christie

Distance does not exist : Melies, le cinema, and the moon / Murray Pomerance

Shooting into outer space : reframing modern vision / Tom Gunning

A trip to the moon as feerie / 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 Melies 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 Melies ; Marvelous in the cinema / Georges Melies ; The importance of the script / George Melies.

Notes:

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Trip to the moon (Motion picture)

ISBN:

1-4384-3582-7

1-4416-9545-1

OCLC:

729244726