The Astronomer's Dream; or, The Man in the Moon

Original title: La lune à un mètre

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Georges Méliès in The Astronomer's Dream; or, The Man in the Moon (1898)

Fairy Tale Psychological Horror Space Sci-Fi Supernatural Fantasy Supernatural Horror Comedy Fantasy Horror Sci-Fi Short

An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.

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7.4/10

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Jehanne d'Alcy

Phoebe - la bonne fée
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Georges Méliès

L'astronome
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Director
- Georges Méliès
Writer
- Georges Méliès
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Trivia
When this film was imported into the United States by producer Sigmund Lubin in 1899 he re-titled it A Trip to the Moon. However this has no relation to the 1902 film A Trip to the Moon. The original translated title is "The Moon at One Meter's Distance" or freely "The Moon at Arm's Length".

Connections
Featured in Castle: Punked (2010)

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8/10

Confusing and weird....don't try to figure it out, just watch and enjoy it!

After I watched "La lune à un mètre", I read the summary for this short film on IMDB...and I must say that it explained a lot of what I just saw! Yes, the film is quite confusing and exactly WHAT is happening and WHY...well, they seem a bit illusive. Now none of this is to say this is a bad film. After all, it was made by the French master, Georges Méliès, and you know this means lots of trick photography and magical moments....and this one has plenty of them! So, instead of summarizing the film, I say just watch it and all the weirdness and just enjoy....it's clever, cute and much like so many of his other films, albeit the only one with a gigantic moon that eats telescopes!! Fun.