We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Film students will happily bend your ear about the career and influence of Georges Méliès. As has been repeated in film schools and cinematheques the world over, Méliès discovered film when he attended an exhibition held by the Lumière Brothers back in 1895, where they were showing off their brand new motion picture camera. Méliès immediately went out looking for a motion picture camera of his own. He began shooting his own movies, discovering the wonders of editing, outsize sets, weird costumes, and marvelous fantasy storytelling. His movies were always very short, with some of them lasting less than 60 seconds, but…