The imagination of Méliès

Georges Méliès was a magician who unlocked the secret of cinema.

WOW! Famous film director Martin Scorsese paid tribute to Georges Méliès in his 2011 film Hugo. HE SAID IT “My friends, I address you all tonight as you truly are; wizards, mermaids, travellers, adventurers, magicians… Come and dream with me.” Everyone has a favourite film they love to watch, and if yours is a sci-fi film or one packed with lots of special effects, there’s a director to whom you owe a special debt of gratitude. No, we’re not talking about Steven Spielberg, who made Jurassic Park and the Indiana Jones films, or George Lucas, the filmmaker behind Star Wars. It’s a director you might not know, but his contribution to the world of film was out of this world. His name was Georges Méliès, and he changed the way…

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The Week Junior Annual (Digital) - 1 Issue, The Week Junior 2019

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