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

Other author Solomon, Matthew.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press,
Descriptionxii, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)
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Portion of title Georges Méliès's Trip to the moon
SeriesThe 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 noteAccompanying 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
Contains title Trip to the moon (Motion picture)
LCCN 2010025994
ISBN9781438435817 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1438435819 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781438435800 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1438435800 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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