Georges Melies - A trip to the moon (1902)

[Watrmellom]

i was reading the invention of hugo cabret and thats what brought me here ;) thumbs up if you know why ;)

[Shiggity123]

Pretty creative, especially for a medium that was about as nascent as it gets

[EpicislandVOTES]

hugo brought me here

[coolgurls911]

@Gummybearluvr1 I have read the book too! I love it! Have you seen the movie? I want too.:-(

[gummibearluvr1]

This movie is one of the first movies ever made!! And have you read the book called The Invention of Hugo Cabret? I love that book! And that book showed me who Goerges Melies was...And now i love his movies! :) :) :)

[KittyCats725]

@gummibearluvr1 Me too :) I love Hugo Cabret.

[CHAOSin8bits]

THUMBS UP FOR ALL TO SEE! do not watch this version! the most clear and complete cut of the film is here:

watch?v=1eVtv1YyzOU&feature=re­lated

[oresto101]

I read the book

called the adventures of hugo cabret

[oresto101]

I read the book

[resistanceunion]

They don't care about the Scale of any thing in this movie :D IT changes all the time .. Simply .. Fuck logic

[drikkah20]

The Moon is horrible :p

[MissBalletNerd]

I fell like I am loking at an ultra sound! hahaha

[whikless]

What is the piano piece in this called?

[MrPlasplis]

tonight tonight de smashing pumpkins.... vean el video....

[gallivanter99]

see? THERE'S the real moon... not that phony one that NASA tries to keep shoving down our throats..

[08052010mayetere]

It looks so funny to me. Still, this is a legend in cinema.

[runrockwater]

is this the original bcoz i need to watch the original for class?

[Kykleply]

A classic in the full sense of the world.

[UtahJazzAK47]

Oh so that's why people think it's bad luck to open umbrellas indoors. They're afraid of aliens coming out from under it and attacking them!

[wyattfward]

I've wanted to see this for ages... Thanks!

I'll subscribe!

[wojtoOKC]

DIVX is really old!

[poetsteve1]

love the artwork on this one

[poetsteve1]

if it were only so easy....

[1991750]

way better quality than avatar

[TheFredfan2468]

i love the hugo cabreta book about george melies

[lostangelofvc]

And most likely none of these people lived to see the real moon landing...I've always wanted to see the movie that the Smashing Pumpkins got their inspiration for their music video "Tonight, Tonight".

What imagination these people had all those years ago!

[unkiejubjub]

fake .... they didn't REALLY go to the moon :O

:P nice short

fin

[wolfmancp]

very cool bit of film history.

[CivilServantMan]

Great film!

I remade this movie as a game level for the PS3 game Little Big Planet a year ago. That worked perfectly. Check out my filmed version here on youtube. Search with ' Melies' and ' LBP' and you'll find it.

[XxGamerXWolf16xX]

i read the book the invention of hugo cabret and it has gorges melies in it

[PATIZGKSS]

Szkoda, że nie jest HD :D

[slicedintwo]

its interesting to see how far movies have come

[TheIwc1]

@Skelanimals98  I read it. It's GOOD.

[TheRussellicious]

hollygoddamn music is scary

[trickster2066]

4:15 scarrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy!

[TheRollingst0ne]

I'm watching this for homework because i'm doing a report on The Invention of Hugo Cabret

[Pandocazinha]

@TheRollingst0ne lol im doing this for coursework on the history of animation.

[baxtalorom]

Isn't it unbelievable that only 67 years later man set foot upon the moon? Fashion really changed during that time.

[nina92411]

Have you noticed the women wearing pants and shorts? They really predicted the future!

[neonmoon82]

@nina92411 Considering how women dressed in 1902 this film must have been thought of as absolutely scandaless!

[Nathanamerican27]

This is like watching an elementary school play. Funny.

[Shrubbs]

What's the title of the piece by Octavio Vazquez?

[rozniy]

In which it is proven the Moon is made of Banana Cream and not Green Cheese...

Took me a while to find this cuz I confused Melies with Moliere...

[meliesereid22]

this always comes up when i type in my name lol

[MrDevlance]

wow didn't know they had the DIVX logo back in 1902 too. DIVX is really old!

[PR3D1C4D0R]

@MrDevlance

loooool

[greenybub]

I think some scenes were that long, because people were so amazed by the animation at the time. Just as we enjoy looking at 3D projections for a long time.

[barbie88888888]

Brilliant

[gerip4]

i appreciate whoever put this up on youtube, one of the worlds earliest films, is important to watch and see how far cinematography has come in 107 years.

[saintsaens21]

5:19 is so psychedelic. Quite haunting.

[aharoldcampbell]

I've watched this before, but this was the first time I noticed the spaceship splashes down in the ocean after it returns to Earth -- about 60 years before Gemini and Apollo capsules did the same thing.

[janitorsdisease]

mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooon

[masterplan94]

The music is brilliant! And the film is also

[Maxsopinion]

the creator of this film was the father of editing. he was the man who freed film making of real time and created the 'cut'. up until then, minute in the film was a minute in real life. he created the dissolve, fade in and fade out, as well as the stop trick

[GeeZedKay]

I like it.

its one of the very first Sci-Fi movies to be.

[foreal1992]

That was crazy.

[lunchmeat400]

this is actully better than some hollywood crap today........ and with a better plot LOL

[TheRussellicious]

fucking hell the music is fucking scary roflmao

[TheRussellicious]

fucking hell, this shit is scary

[AliceJasperLover]

This is featured in a book about Georges Melies called "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" It is awesome!

[Franciszek64]

From George Melies to George Lucas... more than 100 years of difference but historic!

[JosefWhite]

The music is fuckin bad ass!!! And the moon is scary  D: Lol.

[sempugas]

great film

[torontoismine]

HORRIBLE EFFECTS, 2/10

[twilight1138]

Are you actually complaining that the first science fiction movie ever made, more than 100 years ago, has bad effects ? Unbelievable.

[TheRussellicious]

OF COURSE IT'S 1902 YOU FUCKING IDIOT

[torontoismine]

that is NO EXCUSE, this movie's effects : 2 out of 10. crap on a stick

[TheRussellicious]

man you really should get a life and a girlfriend

[whikless]

Thats the most stupid comment iv'e ever seen.

[flobenresist107]

its from 1902!!!!! plus european silent films suck to begin with

[cassidcw]

This film was made 107 years ago!

[cassidcw]

This film was made 107 years ago!

[TheSLU84]

@cassidcw You want say 108 years ago.!

[janitorsdisease]

i'd say they are pretty good for being 107 YEARS AGO, in fact those are great for being over a century ago!!

[draven26]

Obviously in 1902 nobody had been to the moon so how would anybody know, silly and snidey comments really annoy me, those old films had a lot more imagination and romance than most of the shite churned out at the beginning of the 21st century

[89Sunbird]

Wow, had no idea there was air on the moon a hundred years ago...wonder what happened....lunal warming, perhaps?

[gcviolin2]

And they're poking the moon in the eye again, today!

[mh7719]

Its all fun and games until you poke out the moon's eye

[getterroboanime]

Its hard to believe they had movies back then because its the dawn of the century it was 2 years after it started

[swtrooper11]

lol 4:15

[ysbaddaden2003]

This is from 1902 ya jackanape.

Georg Melies pretty much invented special effects for film, and many of his techniques are still in use, albeit with newer technology.

[bananalord12]

yah well it's old dumb ass what you expect AHRNOLD to start randomly shooting up the place? Or a silent film about a trip to the moon?

[fatas412]

what is the name of the piano piece

[thwyter]

I found this movie quite entertaining.

[Somesaymisery]

... and here I thought Billy Corgan made all this up. Ha. Great to see he got the idea from somewhere.

[ufo5440]

the 1969 moon landing was fake, this is what is really going on on the moon

[aquachek3]

best movie EVER!

[matejlj]

this film is really scary

[deppwaswho]

can some explain the plot for me please? hehe im a little lost

[powerstruggle55]

Thanks for posting this. I looked at the list of the 1001 movies to see before you die and this was on the list. Im trying to see as many as I can

[xMewSakuranbox]

You should read the invention of hugo cabret... it's great and has a lot to do with this

[SpunkyProductions101]

i just barely read this book and was looking for this viddeo! It is an amazing book and this was really cool!

The book is The INvention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick!

Recommended to all : )

[spirmessi]

if you like old movies watch the *BIRTH OF CINEMA* in youtube and enjoy.

[MrDoodely]

For a very cool adaptation of this movie see the smashing pumkins' "Tonight Tonight" video.

[Luap0]

is the music from the film? it's incredibly haunting. i love it.

[Pillowhead54]

im sorry, i just dont see the signifigence of this at all >.>

[ooeeygooey]

Well then you haven't understood the importance of this piece of film as regards SFX and improv. NOT TO MENTION the enormous impact that this film has had on the science fiction genre.

[BorisProskov]

Well this is over 100 years old. Keep in mind that not much was known about the moon at the time. I am not so sure what was known about it at the time. But it really seems mysterious but quite entertaining at the same time. When it comes to 100 year old movies like this you have to keep in mind what was known 100 years ago to be able to enjoy them!

[Kimbahley]

Too bad the real trip to the moon wasn't this much fun.

[phillapphullper]

for 100 years ago its un-canny to see the simialrities with then and today. This is really special, im 14 and just saw 1 deffinative lists of 50 films you ahve to see ebfore your 14. ive seena bout only 10! now 11, i can see why i should watch :)

Loved it, 5/5!

[radovest]

5/5 for the first sci-fi

[iStopMotion63]

the first movie!

[DarthOxillious]

This was the first movie to feature special effects in the world!!

I am honored to see such a sight!

A great inspiration from Georges Melies for me!

[FaceofEvil6]

that's weird, I don't see Billy Corgan anywhere...

[saligonth]

hehe, smashing pumpkins huh?

Tonight, Tonight was a great vid

[thiagoceles]

perfect

[MissLululita]

I´m Studying Audiovisual Communication and I´ve found this!!

Thank you!! It is perfect!!

[RollandB]

No offense, but I'd like to see that. No using computers!

[Guitarfreak2312]

i didnt mean to offend anyone lol i just meant that its so weird to see how much we've advanced in just 100 or so years.

[EdglerVess]

amazing

[gtfonewfag]

i struggle to understand this..

[dariustheconq]

i love how the ground just moves away when they see the earth

[ladyvincenza]

Is this what people are referring to when they say the moonlanding was faked?

The Edwardian space program really sucked!

[xaxie1]

music is really of its time

[Gassiba]

goood!!! scary moon D: lol jk

[lobbster12]

I read the book the Invention of Hugo Cabret and about Georges and actually seeing the movie A Trip to the Moon was really neat.

[EricMetalGuitarist]

Dude, that was fucking hilarious! All's you have to do is smack those moon people and they blow up in a cloud of smoke! Hahaha! Good stuff. And so old! I can't believe that this is already over a hundred years old.

[TheRobloxStudio]

In "The Invention of Hugo Cabret", I think the fact is strange that it states that Meiles died sometime after the great war, but he worked right across from where Hugo lived. Strange how that works. Was he a ghost, or in hiding? I love that story.

[joemartcast]

The author in the story said he died but thats what they taught he was not a ghost in the book

[wackowx]

the book is better

[naah]

Wasn't it based off 2 books? :)

[hanniballecturer]

here's the amazing: we actually went to the moon only 67 years after this movie

[starletdempsy]

Favorite early silent film before 1920.

[lego0wicked0dude]

stunning, just stunning

[Saoff]

Great video!! I have a question, do you know the title of this piece by Octavio Vazquez?? I have tried looking for it but i cannot find it. Thank You.

[lampdat]

There's something stunning about watching footage this old, watching motions made by people 107 years ago. I can't describe it.

[lladsbid]

i know what you mean, i heard a recording of alfred lord tennyson reading charge of the light brigade and it was incredible to think that it was recorded like 120 years ago

[HabsRule92Remy92]

This was made 2 years before my grandfather was born... Just saying

[ladyvincenza]

I bet the people who made the film would never have believed that if you told them!

[metaphysicalangst]

So next time some moon men start getting up in your business, just smack them with your umbrella, they turn into smoke! No seriously, landmark film.

[BroadwayLovingQueen]

I also finished the book and felt the same way! Now in science i am learning about the moon and i constantly find myself dwelling on that wonderful book!!

[cerahh]

I just finished Reading "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" and I can't tell you how it feels to watch this... after reading that book... Its almost surreal...

Seems as though I'm watching something that doesn't exsist...

[maccraft]

i am the same way, the book makes the movie take on some other quality that is hard to describe. could it be true? "This is where dreams are made!"

[lego0wicked0dude]

me to and i feel the exact way

[TheTurnOfTheCENTURY]

beautiful piece of history!

[PhazonOmegaMetroid]

The creation of this film was a true achievement in the history of cinema

[karoloandria]

i love the music, any one know who compose it or where i can get the score

[DriniEtnik]

... I am without words ... really amazing... however i think that the influence of Jules Verne's novells is unquestionable.

10 stars to Georges Meiles

5 stars to predicator

[LadySlone]

Love this film when I saw it last year in my intro to film class.

[Ombrenuit]

What is the piece played in the film?

[PhazonOmegaMetroid]

This is an instant classic!

[cremesupreme]

I wonder how much gunpowder it would've took to launch that giant bullet (spaceship) to the moon

[liviarsm]

awsome!

[blacksystem12]

how did they put subtitles in movies back then without computers!!!?

[WetbagTamales]

frame by frame in the film

[blacksystem12]

what exactly is "frame by frame"?....

[Ombrenuit]

I'm assuming he means they'd typed it frame by frame on the actual film

[WetbagTamales]

when you've got the developed film in the editing room, you creat some "extra" frames with those titles made by hand, and you juxtapose those frames with the actual film.

[pejkos]

super!

[Qcumba94]

I didnt get 00:00-2:00 was it like dumbledore or someone gettin together all his homeys to build a spaceship? Funny though back then they never wouldve guessed that about 60 years later someone will have a REAL trip to the moon!

[hypnotic230]

The men are a group of scientists, explorers and astronomers. The man on the far left, closest to the blackboard, is explaining to them an incredible journey to the moon. He convinces them to come with him and recruits them.

The men then change out of their cloaks into suits and hats for exploring.

[mellong64]

The Invention of Hugo Cabret has done a wonderful job of marking this film as the beginnings of fantastical film making for children today. Wonderful, I have yet to experience more by melies but un chien andalou has been a favourite of mine since I first saw it in secondary school. Good shout on the link to the full movie too!

[ROCKWORLD1881]

THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

[kmantoyz]

hugo carbet..

[kelpfarm]

It's great to think of how science fiction even at this time was so predictive of what was yet to come. It's a shame the head adventurer was not made king of the moonpeople though...

[marianeclmartins]

thanks who posted this video, it is a very rich movie of a person who had a future vision of life...

[fakename1314]

I actually lol when the people met the moon king (or whoever/whatever it was) and the guy whacked him over the head and poof!

Then I realized that this was film 107 years ago and it all kinda put it in perspective.

[CaptTroll]

looks like the moon said "What the Fuck" when it landed

[MonochromePariah]

I noticed that too. lol

[vamtim]

They just don't make them like they used to! I can't believe this is 20 years older than Nosferatu, this is a masterpiece what other Melies films are worth a watch? does anyone know of any?

[bigpoopie69]

The moon looks pissed.

[Cuddlleesss]

yeah i love that book. the pictures were amazing as well.

[Floskeknosk]

Smashing Pumpkins!!

[deem237]

ammmmaazzzzinnggg and i read the book like today and its werid but one of the best ive ever read aside from TWILIGHT!

[xaxie1]

theres a bit more of this film that is lost, and it wasent included?

[deibid86]

yes, I found the full movie to watch online here: blogger-films.blogspot.*com/20­08/10/trip-to-moon-1902.html

(erase the *)

[abielmuren]

Oh yeah! Jules Marey... not Merey, and Eadweard Muybridge and Leland Stanford came after.

Knowledge is to share, not to fight.

[alaskaslayer]

you know nothing about movie´s history, the first one who made a motion picture was Jules Merey from France, when he recorded an animal step by step,,,,dumbs!!

[134679852654]

i was reading a book called the invention of hugo cabret it tells the moon story thing i found it interesting its a weird book with lots of pics in it 1/2 the book is filled with pic of it