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La lune à un mètre

  • 1898
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Georges Méliès in La lune à un mètre (1898)
Fairy TalePsychological HorrorSpace Sci-FiSupernatural FantasySupernatural HorrorComedyFantasyHorrorSci-FiShort

An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.

  • Director
    • Georges Méliès
  • Writer
    • Georges Méliès
  • Stars
    • Jehanne d'Alcy
    • Georges Méliès
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Georges Méliès
    • Writer
      • Georges Méliès
    • Stars
      • Jehanne d'Alcy
      • Georges Méliès
    • 22User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Jehanne d'Alcy
    • Phoebe - la bonne fée
    • (uncredited)
    Georges Méliès
    Georges Méliès
    • L'astronome
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      • Georges Méliès
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      • Georges Méliès
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    10binapiraeus

    When the moon becomes dangerous...

    This is another very early (19th century still!!) and simply MAGNIFICENT example of Georges Melies' magic: a queer 'science fiction' story (certainly one of the first EVER) about a scientist (played by Melies himself) who is hooked on his researches about the moon - which seems to take its revenge: first it comes alive on the drawing board, and when he looks at it through its telescope, it comes REALLY close to him, literally only 'a meter away', as the title says; and starts eating up everything in reach...

    Here we have the great pleasure to enjoy more of the magician's cinematographic tricks he knew so perfectly well: people and things vanishing and reappearing, the drawn settings seemingly coming alive... THOSE are the 'little' shorts (with a running time of only about 3 minutes then) which led to today's movies with their special computer effects and almost unbelievable scenes - something that EVERY film fan should see in order to get to know the ORIGINS OF TODAY'S CINEMA!
    8williambendavis-933-218958

    George Méliès impresses me again

    George Méliès makes my mind melt and my jaw drop again! This short film is actually better than the last! It has the extremely cool illusions of people appearing and disappearing out of thin air (still do not know how that was accomplished), but this one steps it up a notch. There's this really creepy moon that eats the furniture that moves on its own and it looks awesome. The guy who is playing the astronomer did a great job. His performance made me laugh. The biggest improvement though is the addition of music. Just simply adding music helps, but it's even better when the music fits perfectly and adds another level of enjoyment to something, which is the case here. This makes me way more eager to check out more of George Méliès work, and I think I can safely say I won't be disappointed.
    8Prismark10

    Moon over

    Maybe the first example of science fiction and fantasy in a narrative form from the pioneer of early cinema Georges Melies as he plays an astronomer studying in an observatory when a devil figure appears then a woman who sends the devil away.

    The astronomer draws a globe on a blackboard which starts to move, when he looks through the telescope the moon appears with a large face like the face later used in Thomas the Tank Engine cartoons and it eats the astronomer's telescope.

    Then small men come through the mouth of the moon and then it goes back in the sky and then the moon becomes a crescent when another figure in the shape of a lady appears.

    This is just part of the content in a short film just over three minutes long that has set design, characters in costumes, special effects and use of editing as well as surreal imagery. The editing is jumpy but again it is Melies that was showing the early promise of cinematic illusion.
    8jamesrupert2014

    Whimsical fantasy from Georges Méliès

    An astronomer (dressed like a wizard) is visited in his observatory by various imps and fairies, and eventually a giant, eye-rolling anthropomorphic moon that eats his telescope, dissolves his umbrella, delivers a couple of frolicking moon-children, and eventually eats the old fellow himself. The entire phantasmagoric night turns out to be a dream (hence the original title ('The Astronomer's Dream'), which was more accurate than the deceptive American release "A Trip to the Moon"). The film is a wonderful showcase for Méliès' early experiments in 'trick photography' and includes a number of well done (for the era) substitution splices as the fanciful characters appear and disappear, and a clever animation scene in where images on the astronomer's black-board come to life. A clever and imaginative fantasy film from the early days of cinematography.
    10chuckydorn

    Magnificent and far beyond it's time!

    I can't believe that no one else has commented on this yet. This amazing film was one of the first "story" films, with sets like a play. It is a wonderment and leaves so much inspiration for the imagination. It is not in popular circulation, but perhaps it should be. If you can get a chance to watch this one do at all costs. If you can't find it then just think of the Tonight Tonight video by the Smashing Pumpkins. It's about the same except they are separated by about one-hundred years and by a whole barrage of special effects. All in all they are both wonderful and interesting to look at.

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    • Trivia
      When this film was imported into the United States by producer Sigmund Lubin in 1899 he re-titled it A Trip to the Moon. However this has no relation to the 1902 film A Trip to the Moon. The original translated title is "The Moon at One Meter's Distance" or freely "The Moon at Arm's Length".
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    • Release date
      • 1898 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • La lune à un mètre. L'observatoire, la lune, Phoebé
    • Filming locations
      • Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Georges Méliès
      • Star-Film
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    • Runtime
      • 3m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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