1902 · fantasy · sci-fi · silent
A Trip to the Moon
Directed by Georges Méliès15m1902
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.
Our read: A Trip to the Moon (1902) reads as a warm, kinetic, surreal fantasy · sci-fi · silent entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, kinetic, measured fantasy / sci-fi, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- surreal
- signature
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