From the Earth to the Moon

The moon is the closest celestial body to the earth, and it has been the starting point for human beings to look up at the stars and explore the universe since ancient times. More than 400 years ago, Galileo observed the rugged surface of the moon through a telescope. Since then, it has not only brought eternal and bright images to writers, but also inspired artists' free fantasies.

In the pre-space era, human curiosity about the moon was fully demonstrated in science fiction. It can be traced back to the second century A.D., when the adventurers described by ancient Roman writers arrived at the moon on wind-driven sailboats. Then in the descriptions of jules verne and Poe, the moon became the farthest travel destination for cannons and hot air balloons. After the film was born, these fantastic ideas were reborn in the flowing images.

1969, "Apollo 1 1" realized manned landing on the moon, marking the first time that humans set foot on the moon. 2019,65438+10, Chang' e-4 successfully landed on the back of the moon, realizing the first soft landing of human probes on the back of the moon and opening a new chapter in human exploration of the moon.

Accordingly, the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival launched a specially planned "Flying to the Moon" unit, presenting the most memorable lunar film in film history. This plan not only tries to introduce the romantic whimsy of the pre-space age, but also tries to cover all kinds of exciting and tense events since modern space exploration. Today, I'd like to introduce the first screening film of the Moon Unit:

Four years before the trip to the moon

This 3-minute sci-fi film, directed by French movie master Georges Méliès 1898, shows the wonderful interaction between astronomers, Satan and the moon through an astronomer's dream, with a typical style of fantasy. There are many imaginative images and special effects in this film. In the film, the shape of the moon is cartoonized and suddenly becomes an animated blackboard, a jumping fairy and so on. It's also a specialty of Mei Li 'ai. The film stars Mei Li 'ai and his second wife, Jeanne d'Alcy. This film was bought by Sigmund Lubang at 1899 and released in the United States. It was renamed "Journey to the Moon", which coincides with the title of 1902 Mei's masterpiece.

Mid-month trip

A Trip to the Moon

- 1902 -

Restored science fiction classics handed down from ancient times.

The most important pioneer in the history of sci-fi movies, the most famous silent film by George Meria in movie master, France, is inspired by jules verne's 1865 science fiction novel of the same name, which tells the adventures of human beings after landing on the moon. Although the film is only 14 minutes, it is full of whimsy. At that time, the most amazing special effects scenes for the audience included the spacecraft flying into the eye of the moon and the night rise of the star fairy. "Mei Li Ai" took three months and 10,000 francs to shoot, and released two versions, a black-and-white version and a color version. The latter was considered lost until 1993 was found in Catalan film archives. 20 1 1 year, in order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Mei's birthday1year, the special art color foundation restored the film, and the color version specially invited the French band Air to make a new soundtrack.

Restoring the secrets of classic science fiction handed down from ancient times

The color copy of the sci-fi film A Journey to the Moon directed by French movie master Georges Méliès was rediscovered in 1993, but the restoration work did not begin until the digital technology was relatively mature in 20 10. The Special Art Color Foundation spent 400,000 euros to repair the film through 2K scanning. Black and white copy is used to supplement the damaged parts, and manual coloring and computer color matching are carried out according to the color version chromatography. This documentary not only records the extraordinary course in the history of film restoration, but also introduces the great film pioneer Mei and the wonderful behind-the-scenes story of filming this film. In addition to the appearance of behind-the-scenes restoration experts, the film also invited many famous directors such as Jean-Pierre Genet, michel gondry and Tom Hanks to help out and talk.

The woman on the moon

The woman on the moon

- 1929 -

How did the director become the "father of rockets" with this film?

German expressionist movie master Fritz Lang's last silent film is based on a novel by another then wife, Thea von Harper. The film revolves around gold mining on the moon. The first half is almost like a spy war drama, with endless tricks, such as intelligence, decoration and honey trap. The second half is a wild adventure romance that flies to the moon. The most amazing thing about this movie is that it shows the scene of the rocket landing on the moon in a more realistic way. Fritz Lang even pioneered the countdown command of "5, 4, 3, 2, 1" before the rocket was launched in the film. This practice was later used in all real space projects, so in the 1960s, some scholars called Fritz Lang "the father of rockets".

Pioneer Animation Classics of Polish movie master

Valerian Borovchik, a Polish movie master, became a hit with his imaginative animated short film in his early days, and then got the opportunity to work in France. Astronaut is his first animated short film in France. This film satirizes the Cold War in a timely and prophetic way through the story of astronauts flying into space in homemade rockets. The film combines traditional hand-drawn animation with still life photography, and also adds manual coloring, which is full of whimsy and fun.

In addition, besides Borovchik, the film was directed by movie master chris marks of the French leftist school, but Mark later said that he signed his name to help the film build momentum, and he reciprocated by arranging a role for Borovchik's wife in his masterpiece The Embankment.

Oscar-rated monologue

Duncan jones, the son of rock star David Bowie, directed a novel at the age of 28, telling the story of Sam, a contract worker of the Future Moon Energy Development Company, who spent three years on the moon with robots and discovered a conspiracy before returning to Earth. This film has been tailored for actor sam rockwell (one of the leading characters of three billboards outside Ebin, Missouri) at the script writing stage, which gives him enough room to play his one-man show. In this film, the Oscar winner kevinspacey fowler also acts as the voice behind the robot. Jones incorporated his favorite sci-fi movies such as Silent Universe and Cloud Nine into the films, and invited Bill Pearson, the model production director of Alien, to participate in the props design in the films, creating a sci-fi masterpiece that perfectly combines the quiet space of the moon with the suspense atmosphere. The soundtrack of the film is also impressive. Colin Manser, a composer nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Grammy Award, is also an imperial composer in darren aronofsky.

Note: If there is any change in the film project, the actual film arrangement shall prevail.