In this series, we're going to showcase the most iconic image from each decade in Film. For the 1900s, we chose this iconic image from A Trip to the Moon. Released in 1902, Georges Méliès' action adventure film defined the genre and set the bar for cinematic innovation. Loosely based on Jules Verne's 1865 novel, the film follows a group of Earthlings who travel to the moon and encounter a group of aliens native to our celestial satellite. The film had a whimsy that makes it fun to watch to this day, and has been both parodied and had homage paid to it in every decade that has follow since. It is by no means...
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- 9/2/2020
- Screen Anarchy
In 1895, the Lumiére Brothers used their invention, the Cinématographe, to capture some of the first motion pictures. Auguste and Louis Lemière’s short films were the start of the commercial development of film and cinema. Georges Méliès, another pioneer in filmmaking, built on the Lumiére Brothers' foundation with films like A Trip to the Moon and The Impossible Voyage. These early short films set the groundwork for the future of the movie industry. The Lumiére Brothers and Méliès are credited with some of the earliest innovations in film and are still revered by filmmakers today. Martin Scorsese’s Hugo was a five times Oscar winner that paid homage to these earlier innovators of film.
- 8/18/2020
- by Drew Ross
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
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