Méliès
Americannoun
noun
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With endless inventiveness reminiscent of the tangible wonderment achieved by cinematic forefathers Georges Méliès or Ray Harryhausen, “Strawberry Mansion” is one of the most unique American independent films to open its doors in recent memory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
The first person to adapt Cinderella for the big screen was the French magician turned film director Georges Méliès.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2021
It opens with a clip from an 1896 film by Georges Méliès, the primordial filmmaker of special effects and onscreen magic.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 14, 2019
George Méliès, the illusionist-turned-film-maker, shot A Trip to the Moon almost 70 years before Neil Armstrong stepped foot on it.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2018
Mr. Zahs and his undiscovered Méliès film from 1901, however, do sufficiently impress both the Library of Congress and the filmmaker and historian Serge Bromberg.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2018
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