The Extraordinary Voyage (Le voyage extraordinaire)

Using trick photography and intricate set design, cine-magician George Méliès created the most famous movie in all of early cinema and took the world on its first outer-space journey in “A Trip to the Moon.” The patron saint of special effects, Méliès was also the first filmmaker to see the cinema not just as reflection of reality, but as a canvas for our dreams. We are screening this classic along with “The Extraordinary Voyage,” which documents the rigorous restoration of Méliès’ best known work by film archivists Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange and their work to revitalize a film unseen in its original hand-painted glory for 109 years. Through interviews with some of the most imaginative minds in cinema today, including Martin Scorsese, Michel Gondry and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Méliès’ enduring legacy becomes apparent.