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Thursday, May 3, 2018
Georges Melies.... the Great Entertainer...
using extensive "Stage-craft" (along with his mastery of stage illusions) ... a truly talented man...
He created some of the first Fantasy and Sci-Fi on film !!! his "A Trip to the Moon" (1902) was one of the first Sci-Fi themed films ever made... using assorted camera-tricks as well as life-sized "cut-outs" , he created some wonderful on screen visuals... A "visionary"... out to Entertain audiences ... he had been a master stage performer for years before trying the new medium of "Motion-Pictures"
and an image of the set used ....
Even made this short ... (the First Horror Film !!!)... Some older footage of a train arriving was the first film to "scare" viewers"... but he was the first to try to "scare" a movie audience...
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A good post! Melies was a very talented filmmaker in his time.
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ReplyDeleteLearned about his works as a kid (from my first "Movie Monster" book...
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