settima

hgwells

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 ♥︎

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

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 ★★★★☆

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