The main automaton seen in Hugo is not the only wind-up creature Méliès made, but sadly very few of them survived. In fact he came across the "stop trick" cut - where he stopped filming and removed someone from the scene, so they seemed to disappear when filming started up - accidentally! Using his inventor know-how and magician skills, he also helped pioneer such film trickery as the dissolve and the double exposure. Painting his film was just one of the many experiments Méliès conducted with film. In order to add color to his movies, Méliès and his crew hand painted every single frame. At one point, Méliès was rumored to have housed over 20,000 costumes. He also constructed almost all of his props, sets, and costumes, equipping them with tricks he learned as a magician. In order to catch all the light necessary to make his films, Méliès build a glass-enclosed stage outside Paris in 1897. You probably know him best as the man who launched a rocket into the eye of the moon. Sadly, many of these films were lost to time and misfortune. He directed over 500 films (most of which he starred in, or at least made a cameo in). Méliès was a silent movie-making machine. And along the way, we learn a lot of stuff about the real-life innovator of silent film. With the help of a gorgeous automaton, Hugo discovers that the poor old toy peddler is actually the famed director Georges Méliès. In Hugo, a little boy makes friends with a grumpy old toy salesman, played by Sir Ben Kingsley. Here is everything we learned about Georges Méliès, tucked away inside a movie about a train station orphan. Hidden inside Hugo are loads of real-life facts about the grandfather of science fiction. Silent movie director, inventor and magician Georges Méliès is easily the grandfather of science fiction film.This turn-of-the-century film maker is a very important part of Martin Scorsese’s new movie Hugo, you could even argue that this entire movie is Scorsese’s love letter to Méliès. What Martin Scorsese’s Hugo Taught Us About the Grandfather of Science Fiction Film, Georges Méliès He has used the latest technological advances in movie making to bring us a tribute to the earliest days of public dreaming. I’m sure there is something about this magical film that will resonate with everyone at any age.It’s like a love letter to movies, and Martin Scorsese sure loves movies. This film is full of historical references to the film and invention worlds as well as dynamic human emotions that are timeless. The rich character study of how potential strangers’ lives are intertwined with one another, known or unknown even in the most unlikely circumstances. The underlying theme that stands out to me most in Hugo is: Hugo has a stellar cast and is Martin Scorsese’s first film shot in 3D so all the images in the 1930’s railway station and clock tower are especially vivid. My youngest daughter was fascinated with anything ‘Paris’ related as a toddler, and my older daughters name is Isabella like Isabelle played by Chloe Moretz. Julee says: I love this film adapted from the book “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” for a number of reasons. Picked by: Julee Melos, Reception and Business Officeįor fans of: Whimsy, Scorsese, The Golden Compass, The Secret Garden Accompanied by the goddaughter (Chloë Grace Moretz) of an embittered toy merchant (Ben Kingsley), Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home. Hugo’s job is to oil and maintain the station’s clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father (Jude L aw). Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield) lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris.
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