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Magnificent Méliès

The Authorized Biography (book in English)

by Madeleine Malthête-Méliès

Type
Studies
Subject
DirectorGeorges Méliès
Keywords
Georges Méliès, early cinema, pioneer
Publishing Date
2022
Publisher
University of Michigan
Collection
(no collection)
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Hardcover • 432 pages • 111 €
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)
ISBN
978-0-472-13258-4
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Book Presentation:
The films of Georges Méliès (1861-1938) are landmarks in the early history of narrative filmmaking and cinematic special effects. He was a harbinger of modern aesthetics and media manipulation, and this book, written by his granddaughter, is the only one that tells his full story. Magnificent Méliès is a thoroughly researched but highly accessible book that is a crucial source for the scholar and an entertaining read for the nonspecialist. The core of the biography provides detailed accounts of Méliès' filmmaking years (1896-1913), from his first motion pictures shortly after the public premiere of the Lumière Cinématographe through such worldwide successes as his film Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) and his eventual marginalization by the very industry he had helped to found. The biography also chronicles Méliès' formative work as director of Paris's preeminent magic theater, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin; his subsequent career staging operettas for the Théâtre des Variétés Artistiques (1917-1923) in Montreuil on the site of one of his former film studios; and his later years selling toys and candy at the Gare Montparnasse (1926-1932) before being rediscovered by journalists and the avant-garde. These and other fascinating chapters highlight the remarkable range of Méliès' creative work while suggesting how his singular life was nevertheless shaped by the seismic historical shifts of Second Empire and Third Republic France.

About the Author:
Madeleine Malthête-Méliès was a pioneering early film researcher and historian of early cinema; she was the granddaughter of Georges Méliès.

Edited by Matthew Solomon, Professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Media at the University of Michigan.

See the complete filmography of Georges Méliès on the website: IMDB ...

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