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Le Voyage sur Jupiter
1909 Fantasy / Short
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Review
This is a stunningly surreal short film from the hugely imaginative Spanish filmmaker
and cinematographer Segundo de Chomón. Despite its short length, it contains
a surprising amount of detail and requires at least three or four viewings to fully appreciate
its artistic and narrative content. The film takes a child’s storybook view of astronomy:
the moon is a cheekily grimacing face, an explorer needs only a ladder to reach the stars
and the planets are each represented by human characters. Whilst some viewers may
cringe at the film’s lack of sophistication, it is undoubtedly a work of great artistic
merit and no small technical achievement for the time it was made in.
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Director:
Segundo de Chomón
Starring: – Synopsis
After having received a lesson from his wise astronomer, a king has a strange dream.
He imagines climbing a ladder up to the stars and eventually he reaches the planet Jupiter.
The reception that awaits him is far from friendly...
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