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Art Films and Events: Spring 2013
Méliès: A Trip to the Moon and More

May 1 at 2:00
May 2, 3 at 12:30
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

The grand master of movie illusionism Georges Méliès (1861–1938) in original 35 mm format: the hand-colored A Trip to the Moon (1902), an unforgettable voyage in a bullet-shaped spaceship; The Brahmin and the Butterfly (1901); India Rubber Head (1901); The Mysterious Box (1903); The Marvelous Wreath (1903); and The Melomaniac (1903). The program is presented in association with the exhibition Faking It. (Total running time approximately 40 minutes)

A Trip to the Moon
image courtesy Photofest

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