trip moon trip moon french voyage french silent film directed inspired wide variety sources including novels earth moon moon film follows group travel moon cannon propelled capsule explore moon surface escape underground group lunar inhabitants return earth captive features ensemble cast french theatrical performers led main role filmed overtly theatrical style famous film internationally popular success release extensively studios especially united_states unusual length lavish production values innovative special effects emphasis storytelling markedly influential film makers ultimately development narrative film scholars commented film extensive use anti satire wide influence later film makers artistic significance french theatrical tradition film disappeared obscurity retirement film industry rediscovered importance history cinema beginning recognized film original hand colored print discovered restored trip moon named greatest films 20th century village_voice ranked film remains best known hundreds films moment capsule lands moon eye remains iconic frequently referenced images history cinema widely regarded earliest example science fiction film genre generally influential films cinema history plot meeting president professor proposes trip moon addressing dissent brave agree plan build space capsule shape bullet huge cannon shoot space embark capsule fired cannon help marines played young women sailors outfits man moon watches capsule approaches hits eye landing safely moon capsule need space suits watch earth rise distance exhausted journey blankets sleep sleep passes appears human faces star old saturn window planet goddess moon appears seated crescent moon swing causes snowfall awakens seek shelter discover giant mushrooms opens umbrella promptly takes root turns giant mushroom point alien moon named greek moon appears killed easily creatures explode hit force appear increasingly difficult destroy surrounded capture palace king lifts king throne throws ground causing explode run capsule continuing hit pursuing inside sixth uses rope tip capsule moon space tries seize capsule minute capsule fall space land ocean earth rescued ship towed ashore final sequence missing prints film depicts celebratory parade honor travelers return including display captive unveiling commemorative statue bearing motto labor cast trip moon film actors performed anonymously credits given practice supplying opening closing credits films later innovation nonetheless following cast details reconstructed available evidence professor pioneering french film maker generally regarded person recognize potential narrative film achieved considerable success film versions extensive involvement films director producer writer designer technician publicist editor actor makes cinematic speaking work late life commented greatest difficulty realising ideas forced play leading role films star knowing term exist told took acting role films woman crescent moon discovered 1890s performing singer appeared adaption officer marines camera operators captain rocket parade leader performed theater stage robert paris worked singers french music halls ballet stars cannon production inspiration asked inspired trip moon credited novels earth moon moon cinema historians mid-20th century french writer frequently suggested men moon french translation published months film likely influence argued half film shooting derived second half travelers adventures moon derived wells addition literary sources film scholars suggested heavily influenced works especially voyage unauthorized parody novels trip moon attraction buffalo new_york french film historian drew works different ways appears taken structure film trip moon moon landing encounter underground trek interview man moon brutal return reality earth directly attraction incorporated plot elements including presence pseudo scientific names transform cannon mounted ground scene moon appears approach viewer lunar scene umbrella wielding travelers mention tone film filming science writer notes trip moon complex films employed trick learned invented longest film time budget filming duration unusually lavish costing taking months complete camera operators worked daily basis employees addition work operators odd jobs company developing film helping set scenery operator appeared onscreen marine officer contrast hired actors film film basis drawing talented individuals theatrical world connections paid louis day considerably higher salary offered competitors free meal noon film studio built saint greenhouse like building glass walls glass ceiling let sunlight possible concept photography studios 1860s onward built dimensions film career worked strict schedule planning films morning filming scenes hours day tending film laboratory robert late afternoon attending performances theaters evening according unusual cost trip moon operated scenery costumes particular film cardboard canvas sculpted prototypes heads feet pieces created plaster specialist mask making produce cardboard versions actors wear backdrops film showing inside glass workshop space capsule built painted look like actual glass studio film special effects trip moon numerous films created technique camera operator stopped filming long onscreen altered added taken away carefully resulting shots create apparently magical effects transformation disappearance exploding smoke effects created theatrical means stage machinery film features transitional pseudo tracking shot camera appears approach man moon accomplished effect invented previous year film man rubber head attempting camera actor set operated chair rail fitted ramp placed actor covered neck black velvet chair pulled camera addition technical technique allowed control placement face frame greater degree moving camera allowed allowed model capsule suddenly appear eye actor playing moon completing shot notable sequence film capsule real ocean waves filmed location created multiple exposure shot capsule falling black background superimposed footage ocean shot followed underwater glimpse capsule floating surface created combining moving cardboard capsule containing air jets descent rocket moon covered shots taking seconds film time coloring output including major films impossible voyage barber prints trip moon individually hand colored coloring lab paris glass products directed studio people painting directly film stock colors chose specified worker assigned different color assembly line style separate colors single film average lab produced hand colored copies film music films course silent intended seen narrator explain story screen accompanied sound effects live music took considerable interest musical accompaniment films prepared special film scores including required specific musical score film allowing freedom choose accompaniment felt suitable film screened music hall paris original film score reportedly written english composer published piano piece called trip moon comic descriptive follows film scene scene score film commissioned likely met read trips england recent composers recorded scores trip moon include air restoration hand colored version section great great grandson print featured prologue film world days style film style like films deliberately theatrical highly stylized recalling traditions 19th century stage filmed stationary camera placed evoke perspective audience member sitting theatre stylistic choice biggest innovations initially followed popular trend time making mainly films short slice life documentary films capturing actual scenes events camera years filming gradually moved far common genre fictional narrative films called artificially arranged scenes new genre extensively influenced experience theatre magic especially familiarity popular french stage tradition advertisement described difference innovative films contemporaries fantastic artistic films reproduce stage scenes create new genre entirely different ordinary views real people real streets trip moon preceded development narrative film editing filmmakers use cinematic vocabulary american european audiences later accustomed vocabulary built use techniques varied camera angles shots ideas camera setup film designed distinct dramatic scene visible editing approach fitting theatrical style film designed similarly film scholars noted famous moment trip moon plays temporal continuity showing event twice capsule shown suddenly appearing eye anthropomorphic moon closer shot landing occurs differently capsule actually believable lunar terrain kind storytelling time space treated flexible linear highly unconventional standards followers development continuity editing filmmakers performed similar experiments time porter instance temporal repetition extensively film life american later twentieth century sports television development instant replay temporal repetition familiar device screen audiences use modern cinematic vocabulary film scholars created thought assess films example recent necessarily denying influence film argued works better understood spectacular theatrical creations rooted 19th century stage tradition similarly argued fault intimate cinematic storytelling style purpose films view decade film history considered cinema attractions filmmakers experimented style based spectacle direct address intricate editing attraction style filmmaking declined popularity favor integrated story film approach remains important component certain types cinema including science fiction films musicals avant garde films themes pioneering use themes scientific ambition discovery trip moon described science fiction film short history film argues codified basic generic situations science fiction films today genre designations possible advertised film grand spectacle term referring type spectacular stage popularized second half nineteenth century describes film belonging genre described simply trick film catch term popular early film genre innovative special effects filled shorts genre codified popularized earlier works trip moon highly satirical tone fun nineteenth century science format adventure story film makes whatsoever scientifically plausible real waves scene concession realism film scholar calls trip moon earliest examples film saying aims logical thinking portrayed scientists anthropomorphic moon face impossible laws physics film historian believes aimed film values modern french society hold ridicule riot similarly literary film scholar described film work professors scientific societies simultaneously appealing man sense wonder face universe strong anti vein film satire film scholar notes film parade commemoration sequence missing prints especially forceful regard argues previously worked anti political cartoonist domination film presenting colonial attack alien meet return captive amid self statue shown film final shot resembles bullying political cartoons film scholar agrees accounts conquest culture adds film social home patterns moon shown bear curious resemblance earth release begun trip moon finished film august year began selling prints french distributors month september december hand colored print trip moon screened paris film shown saturday thursday performances colleague fellow appeared leader parade final scenes sold black white color prints film film assigned catalogue number given descriptive subtitle grand spectacle france black white prints sold hand colored prints sold film indirectly london circumstances surrounding film including unusual budget length production time similarities new_york attraction indicate especially keen release film united_states rampant film piracy received profits popular film account reports sold print film paris photographer use theatre strict stipulation print shown algeria sold print films employee sent directly laboratories sold copies print spread firms print film offered hand colored version available higher price uncredited altogether months film distribution american credit advertisements film chose film inaugural presentation order combat problem film piracy clear release trip moon opened american branch directed brother new_york office designed sell films directly protect registering united_states copyright introduction english language edition catalog announced opening factory office new_york prepared determined pursue pirates speak twice act addition opening american branch trade arrangements film companies including american studio negotiations print sale price foot standardized american market proved useful later price financial ruin films expensive new standards addition years following films suffered time magic films longer vogue reception according memoirs initial attempts sell trip moon french met failure film unusually high price finally offered let borrow print film screen free applause showing enthusiastic kept theater packed midnight bought film immediately reminded initial reluctance offered add compensate film pronounced success france running music hall paris months trip moon met especially large enthusiasm united_states piracy gave wide distribution new_york_city cleveland detroit new_orleans kansas_city reported film great success theaters film countries including germany canada italy featured headline attraction trip moon popular films years twentieth century small handful similarly spectacular films impossible voyage late life remarked trip moon surely best acknowledged widely considered masterpiece left trace kind film humanity ages historical drama presumed lost black white print financial difficulties decline copies prints lost offices occupied french military melted films gather traces silver film stock boot heels robert demolished prints kept sold weight second hand film finally year moment anger burned remaining garden began selling toys candy stand paris trip moon largely forgotten history went unseen years thanks efforts film history especially work rediscovered late 1920s held paris december celebration filmmaker awarded renaissance interest cinema manager early film set independently locate surviving print trip moon obtained copy paris october london prints incomplete lacked scenes missing entire final sequence featuring parade commemorative statue prints occasionally screened including gala avant garde cinema special occasions presentations following death film collection bought museum acquisition subsequent screenings trip moon direction film curator opened film wide audience americans canadians established definitively landmark history cinema incomplete print commonly seen version film source print copies including print complete version film including entire celebration sequence finally reconstructed sources foundation set family hand colored print hand colored prints trip moon known survive given anonymous donor collection silent films unknown version hand colored print struck second generation negative colored lab imply copy flag launching scene copy colored resemble flag spain indicating hand colored copy spanish mentioned existence print believed state total french film company offered trade recently rediscovered film hand colored print accepted consulted specialist laboratories attempt restore film reel film apparently rigid mass believed restoration possible consequently set work separating film frames discovering edges film stock frames efforts allowed fragments images print saved complete restoration hand colored print launched cinema fragments hand colored print restored missing frames recreated help black white print possession family time converted run authentic silent film speed frames second restoration completed laboratories los_angeles restored version premiered eighteen years discovery years original release cannes film festival new soundtrack french band air restoration released disc dvd edition including extraordinary voyage feature length documentary film restoration new_york_times called restoration surely cinematic highlight year maybe century legacy short history film notes trip moon combined spectacle sensation technical create cosmic fantasy international sensation profoundly influential later filmmakers bringing creativity cinematic medium offering fantasy pure entertainment rare goal film time addition innovative editing special effects techniques widely imitated important elements medium film spurred development cinematic science fiction fantasy demonstrating scientific themes worked screen reality transformed camera interview said seeing trip moon films came conclusion picture telling story draw customers theatres set work direction similarly said simply owe american directors widely credited developing modern film narrative technique literary film scholar summed importance film history commenting profoundly influenced porter course american film making remains famous film classic example early cinema image capsule stuck man moon eye particularly known film evoked creative works times ranging unauthorized remake excursion moon extensive tribute film novel invention hugo film adaptation hugo film scholar includes trip moon pivotal moments history film saying changed way movies produced essay film movies die places trip moon entry argues film directly reflects personality director film deserves legitimate place world cinema history
A Trip to the Moon