Fantastic voyages of the cinematic imagination Georges Méliès's Trip to the moon / edited by Matthew Solomon.
| Other author | Solomon, Matthew. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Albany : State University of New York Press, |
| Description | xii, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Georges Méliès's Trip to the moon |
| Series | The SUNY series, horizons of cinema SUNY series, horizons of cinema. ^A707282 |
| Contents | Introduction -- A trip to the movies: Georges Méliès, filmmaker and magician (1861-1938) / Paolo Cherchi Usai -- Theatricality, narrativity, and trickality : reevaluating the cinema of Georges Méliès / André Gaudreault -- A trip to the moon : a composite film / Thierry Lefebvre -- First-footing on the moon : Méliès's debt to Verne and Wells and his influence in Great Britain / Ian Christie -- Distance does not exist : Méliès, le cinéma, and the moon / Murray Pomerance -- Shooting into outer space : reframing modern vision / Tom Gunning -- A trip to the moon as féerie / 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 Méliès 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 Méliès ; Marvelous in the cinema / Georges Méliès ; The importance of the script / George Méliès. |
| Contents | Disc: A trip to the moon: reconstructed version with commentary (15:39) ; tinted version with commentary (11:48). |
| General note | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Contains title | Trip to the moon (Motion picture) |
| LCCN | 2010025994 |
| ISBN | 9781438435817 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1438435819 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781438435800 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1438435800 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |