A hundred and twenty years later, those possibilities still seem limitless.
This is where it all begins, folks. Back when the movies were still learning how to walk, cinema’s greatest magician, George Melies, took us to the Moon. A group of wiggy astronomers pack themselves into a spaceship that looks like a two-man bobsled and land right smack dab in the animated Moon’s eye. It’s a great sight gag that hinted at the comic and creative possibilities of the new art form. A hundred and twenty years later, those possibilities still seem limitless.