Georges Méliès - L'Éclipse du soleil en pleine lune

[beatcrusaderxoxo]

I remember when my film teacher showed us some of Meleis films :)

It made my whole class laugh hysterically for awhile when watching the facial expressions on the sun and moon

[101Volts]

Also, The music in this is very good. I like it.

[101Volts]

Very enjoyable. Thanks for uploading.

[icygumball3000]

the Cinemagician lives on!

vive le cinemagicien!

[showroommeryll]

aahhh PD!!!!!!

[Vierotchka]

Mais non, mais non!

[PersephoneSaintClair]

Totally Magic

[lennhart]

This is priceless stuff...thanks for posting

[Noonkip]

loool @ 3:35.

[totipark54]

UNEXPECTED BATH

[Wmaxxtube]

Gay or not the Moon loved it!!! You can see the faces that it does, and how about that sticking tongue out...?

[Hexachloraphine]

I wonder when YouTube will figure out how to make the timebar dissappear when watching Fullscreen!!!

[BenjaminLamza]

I agree.

[PedroBlogger]

You probably have your cursor over the timebar, or on the inferior area of the screen. Make sure you roll your mouse elsewhere and it will disappear. That's the only (I think) explanation.

Cheers.

[ryuklight123]

I love these movies and i think it's interesting how a movie from 1895-1907, 100, 110 years ago, the invention of the movie was like one of biggest advancements in art, ever, i think. Being able to capture something on a tape and play it back on a huge screen muust have breen really amazing. But now, im 2008, you look at these on YOUTUBE!!! and you think "oh ok its on youtube big deal..." or at least that's how i feel about it.

[samsamiisamiiii]

how did he do the STARS BATH scene ??

[crazimoose]

for all of the little stars falling down at first he will have used a painted cloth on a roll in front of the camera which will have scroled down. for the women flying round, he will have had women flying using the flying system in his studio and then double exposed the film with more shots of people flying so it looks like layers of star people flying everywhere and on top of each other which is why some of them look a little ghosted. Impressive for its era though.

[ConiglioPouche]

Really funny!!! Thanks for post it!

[invisibleFilms]

For more on Georges Melies visit Melies Museum on

melies.invisiblefx com

[JackRussellTerrier2]

It's hard to believe this was 100 years ago. I like to see the movie poster.

[VioletaBara]

Una MARAVILLA....sin comparación posible.

[richievald]

esta bueno, pero no sabia que la luna y el sol eran gay, siempre pense que la luna era una mujer que queria ser madre, saludos

[Oudler]

That is correct.

The sun and moon are not gay.

Melies was a Frenchman. Here we have grammatical gender given literal representatation. This is something lost on those familiar only with the English language.

"le soleil", "el sol", or "the sun" is masculine and "la lune", "la luna" or "the moon" is feminine.

[rg0057]

Actually, in French, while the words have gender, the objects they represent most often do not, and may even have the opposite gender. For example, the female breasts and sex organs are represented by male words. Must they be portrayed by men on film? Of course not. In the film, the moon is a young man, with a hairline that is starting to recede into male pattern baldness. It's right there in front of your eyes, and yet so many refuse to see it.

[Vierotchka]

Depuis quand êtes-vous un expert sur la langue française?

[geraaaard1]

Un génie!! L'ancêtre de nos Spielberg, Lucas et compagnie...

[tayouu]

I just found it on this website;

It's another film directed by Mr. Lang in 1931.

For some reason youtube won't let me post the link, so just look for

Fritz Lang's "M" (1931) (Part 1 of 12) Public Domain.

That page will also give a link to a website where you can download the film.

[Vierotchka]

Thanks, tayouu - it does ring a bell. :)

[Vierotchka]

Ah, yes, of course - "M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Moerder". I believe it is up on google video. :)

[tayouu]

Ha, this was great, I love this guy's films. Have you seen Metropolis? Different director, but I think you'd like it.

[Vierotchka]

Yes, of course I've seen it - it is a classic, a film unlike any other. Google used to have it, but it was taken down. :(

[tayouu]

Have you seen M? That movie looks equally amazing.

[Vierotchka]

I don't think so - by whom was it made, and when? Do you have any links? :)

[latrottola]

Hey Vierotchka, thanks a lot for a wonderful post. Amazing. Where did you find such unique material?

[Vierotchka]

Hi latrottola, thanks, and you're welcome - I find them on sites like archive dot org and bittorrent dot com.

[wigvamus]

Отличный видеоклип! Спасибо, Вера.

[lennhart]

Incroyable! Merci beaucoup pour le lien

[Vierotchka]

Merci pour ton commentaire. :)

[proserpiynne]

Beautiful!

Thank You.

[Vierotchka]

You're most welcome. :)

[yoleandrogonzalez]

Gracias por el posteo, Vierotchka.

Georges Méliès fue un creador auténtico, innovador, visionario, genial.

[Vierotchka]

De nada! :)