georges melies gallery
la voyage dans la lune (F 1902), 14 min
a scetch of the moon face (made before the film)
eclipse de soleil en pleine lune (F 1907)
une partie des cartes (F 1896)
l'homme a la tete de chaoutchouc (F, 1901)
les cartes vivantes
escamotage d'une dame chez robert-houdin (F 1896)
les quat' cents farces du diable (F 1906)
le palais des mille et une nuits (F 1905)
barbe-bleue (F 1901)
les tresors de satan (?) (F 1902)
le melomane (F 1903)
voyage a travers l'impossible (F 1904)
la chrysalide et le papillon (F 1901)
le dirigeable fantastique (F 1905)
les hallucinations du baron de münchhausen (F 1911)
his studio near paris
working in the studio, 1901
when melies had to give up on filming for financial reasons
best known film of georges melies
considered to be the first science fiction film ever made
it is an adaption of a story by jules verne
obviously melies was fascinated by the moon, planets and stars, they often apear in his films
his first film
melies blows up his own head until it explodes
a couple of hand tinted frames
most of the films were actually screened in tinted versions
it looks quite similar to edisons "black maria"
he worked as a salesman at a small shop on the gare montparnasse in paris
