I watched all of Georges Méliès’ (the director of 'A Trip to the Moon') surviving films and here are the shorts I highly recommend.

I made a list of all Georges Méliès’s surviving and a few fragment (a small part broken off or separated from something) films (here's the link: https://letterboxd.com/prolelol/list/georges-melies-surviving-films/). Méliès made over 520 films, about over 210 of which survive today and I watched all of them. Here are the shorts I highly recommend:

A masterpieces (10/10):

• The Impossible Voyage (1904) - It’s like a ‘sunny’ version of A Trip to The Moon, but didn't get enough viewings like A Trip to the Moon. I loved it in every way, it feels so artsy and its effects and comedy are still very much well executed as well.

• A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Just a brilliant and one of the most iconic shorts of all-time.

Highly recommend (9/10):

• The Man with the Rubber Head (1901) - It actually put on my smile. Such a genius and funny short!

• The Astronomer’s Dream (1898) - It's the original version of A Trip to the Moon. An entertaining film, and some pretty cool effects too.

• The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900)

• The Diabolic Tenant (1909)

• The Witch (1906)

• The Palace of the Arabian Nights (1905)

• The Terrible Turkish Executioner (1904) - Not anything special, but it was terrifying and kind of shocking.

• The Infernal Cauldron (1903)

• The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903)

• Gulliver’s Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902)

• Joan of Arc (1900)

Great shorts that I recommend (8/10):

• The Conquest of the Pole (1912) - The longest-running and last 'great' film made by Méliès.

• The Untameable Whiskers (1904)

• Cinderella (1899)

• The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)

• The Haunted Castle (1896)

• A Terrible Night (1896)

• The Magic Book (1900)

• The Christmas Dream (1900)

• A Fantastical Meal (1900)

• The Devil and the Statue (1901)

• The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1903) - There exists a 12-minute hand-colored print of the original 15-minute film out there, but I’ve only been able to find one that runs about three minutes. The sets are impressive though.

• The Monster (1903)

• The Wandering Jew (1904)

• The Christmas Angel (1904)

• Satan in Prison (1907)

• In the Bogie Man’s Cave (1908)

• The Knight of the Snow (1912)

• The Living Playing Cards (1905)

• The Legend of Rip Van Winkle (1905)

• Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1906)

• The Hilarious Posters (1906)

• The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)

A solid 7/10 that I think people still should watch it:

• The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)

• The Black Imp (1905)

• The Mermaid (1904)

• The Melomaniac (1903)

• The Prince of Magicians (1901)

• The One-Man Band (1900)

• The Haunted Castle (1897)

• The Pillar of Fire (1899)

6/10 that everyone loves it, but I thought it was okay:

• A Nightmare (1896)

• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907)

My ratings:

10/10: 2 shorts

9/10: 11 shorts

8/10: 37 shorts

7/10: 73 shorts

6/10: 44 shorts

5/10: 23 shorts

4/10: 12 shorts

3/10: 6 shorts

I watched all of them on Youtube, the only A Trip to the Moon I watched is in 4k, includes the colorized version.

Have a nice Sunday! :)

Submitted January 24, 2021 at 04:58PM by prolelol https://ift.tt/3c6nCjl