HGWells &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:HGWells @settima@zirk.us Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:52:57 +0200 Le voyage dans la lune [A Trip to the Moon] (Georges Méliès, 1902) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1k7l <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le voyage dans la lune [A Trip to the Moon] (Georges Méliès, 1902)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="occasion" Apollo 17/div div class="img" Le voyage dans la lune (1902).gif)/div div class="caption" A gif from the hand-coloured edition that is now in the Filmoteca de Catalunya. Poor Mister Moon has the adventures' rocket stuck in his eye. DPs: Théophile Michault & Lucien Tainguy./div div class="txt" The Moon (any moon) to commemorate the end of the final man-manned moon landing. "Laugh, my friends. Laugh with me, laugh for me, because I dream for you." ### – Georges Méliès, 1937 In true Méliès style, a wild menagerie of showgirls and scientists meet on the Moon in this groundbreaking sci-fi spectacle. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #Apollo17 #Moon #moons #GeorgesMéliès #JulesVerne #HGWells #VictorAndré #BleuetteBernon #Brunnet #JehanneDAlcy #ThéophileMichault #LucienTainguy #SciFi #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #fantasy #adventure #BookAdaptation #France #1910s ★★★★½ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Le voyage dans la lune [A Trip to the Moon] (Georges Méliès, 1902)

Dec

19

Apollo 17

Le voyage dans la lune (1902)

A gif from the hand-coloured edition that is now in the Filmoteca de Catalunya. Poor Mister Moon has the adventures' rocket stuck in his eye. DPs: Théophile Michault & Lucien Tainguy.

The Moon (any moon) to commemorate the end of the final man-manned moon landing.

“Laugh, my friends. Laugh with me, laugh for me, because I dream for you.”

– Georges Méliès, 1937

In true Méliès style, a wild menagerie of showgirls and scientists meet on the Moon in this groundbreaking sci-fi spectacle.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #Apollo17 #Moon #moons #GeorgesMéliès #JulesVerne #HGWells #VictorAndré #BleuetteBernon #Brunnet #JehanneDAlcy #ThéophileMichault #LucienTainguy #SciFi #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #fantasy #adventure #BookAdaptation #France #1910s ★★★★½ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1k7l Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:20:00 +0100 Wojna Światów - Następne Stulecie [The War of the Worlds: Next Century] (Piotr... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-413g <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Wojna Światów - Następne Stulecie [The War of the Worlds: Next Century] (Piotr Szulkin, 1981)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" 1999/div div class="img" Wojna Światów - Następne Stulecie (1981)/div div class="caption" Reporter Iron Idem (Roman Wilhelmi) bringing the news. DP: Zygmunt Samosiuk./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #December #PiotrSzulkin #HGWells #RomanWilhelmi #JerzyMaksymiuk #JózefSkrzek #ZygmuntSamosiuk #BookAdaptation #SciFi #Poland #1980s/div /section ]]>

Wojna Światów – Następne Stulecie [The War of the Worlds: Next Century] (Piotr Szulkin, 1981)

Dec

18

1999

Wojna Światów - Następne Stulecie (1981)

Reporter Iron Idem (Roman Wilhelmi) bringing the news. DP: Zygmunt Samosiuk.

#FilmDuJour #December #PiotrSzulkin #HGWells #RomanWilhelmi #JerzyMaksymiuk #JózefSkrzek #ZygmuntSamosiuk #BookAdaptation #SciFi #Poland #1980s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-413g Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100 The Night That Panicked America (Joseph Sargent, 1975) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-night-that-panicked-america-1975 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Night That Panicked America (Joseph Sargent, 1975)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" 1938/div div class="img" The Night That Panicked America (1975)/div div class="caption" Paul Shenar as Orson Welles (via). DP: Jules Brenner./div div class="txt" "Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program of dance music to bring you a special bulletin from the Intercontinental Radio News." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #JosephSargent #PaulShenar #VicMorrow #TomBosley #PaulShenar #CaseyKasem #JohnRitter #JulesBrenner #HGWells #OrsonWelles #TVMovie #SciFi #USA #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Night That Panicked America (Joseph Sargent, 1975)

Oct

30

1938

The Night That Panicked America (1975)

Paul Shenar as Orson Welles (via). DP: Jules Brenner.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program of dance music to bring you a special bulletin from the Intercontinental Radio News.”

#FilmDuJour #October #JosephSargent #PaulShenar #VicMorrow #TomBosley #PaulShenar #CaseyKasem #JohnRitter #JulesBrenner #HGWells #OrsonWelles #TVMovie #SciFi #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-night-that-panicked-america-1975 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0100 The Man Who Could Work Miracles (Lothar Mendes + Alexander Korda, 1936) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-man-who-could-work-miracles-1936 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Man Who Could Work Miracles (Lothar Mendes + Alexander Korda, 1936)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" fruit/div div class="img" The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)/div div class="caption" George McWhirter Fotheringay (Roland Young) waking up to an abundance of tropical foods in a crystal bowl, plus multiple expensive watches. His ill-fitting pajamas miss a button. DP: Harold Rosson./div div class="txt" "As I want it, so it will be!" ### – George McWhirter Fotheringay\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #fruit #grapes #pineapples #LotharMendes #AlexanderKorda #HGWells #RolandYoung #MischaSpoliansky #HaroldRosson #drama #fantasy #comedy #UK #1930s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (Lothar Mendes + Alexander Korda, 1936)

Jun

15

fruit

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)

George McWhirter Fotheringay (Roland Young) waking up to an abundance of tropical foods in a crystal bowl, plus multiple expensive watches. His ill-fitting pajamas miss a button. DP: Harold Rosson.

“As I want it, so it will be!”

– George McWhirter Fotheringay

#FilmDinner #fruit #grapes #pineapples #LotharMendes #AlexanderKorda #HGWells #RolandYoung #MischaSpoliansky #HaroldRosson #drama #fantasy #comedy #UK #1930s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-man-who-could-work-miracles-1936 Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:30:17 +0200