If you are looking for an counterpoison to the pyrotechny and computer generated force of summertime blockbusters , look no further thanSegundo de Chomón‘s 100 - onetime film , which depictspace travelusing painstakingly handcrafted optical trickery .
Segundo ’s 1908 film , Excursión a la luna , is actually a remaking of Georges Melies ’ A Trip to the Moon , made in 1902 and often credited as the first science fiction film . Segundo was one of the greatspecial effectsmasters of the time , working largely in the fantasy writing style , and he decided to try his hand at depicting blank travel on screen :
His more magical realist blank space locomotion film , Voyage à la planète Jupiter , is also just over a century old , having made its US debut one hundred years ago today :
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