Indiewire Browse the indiewire network
kohn

SCREEN RUSH

Introspective Ramblings by Eric Kohn.

Categories

Archives

Eric Kohn

Serge Bromberg Premieres Colorized "A Trip to the Moon" & Behind-the-Scenes Doc

  • By Eric Kohn
  • |
  • November 13, 2011 3:39 PM
  • |
  • 5 Comments

The iconic moment from "A Trip to the Moon." Lobster Films
Usually, the prospects of digital colorization make a large contingency of movie buffs instantly livid. The recent color restoration of George Méliès's seminal 1902 "A Trip to the Moon" provides a rare exception. Exhumed from the archives of a private collection in 1993, the ultra-rare nitrate print fell into the hands of committed restoration expert Serge Bromberg at Lobster Films around 10 years ago. It took a long time to get the print back in shape, and some images were unsalvageable, necessitating the aid of a computer on numerous frames to mimic the hand-colored images that remained. Twenty-first century technology became the crutch, not an update, bringing Méliès' playfully surreal sci-fi snapshot to vivid life in the way he always intended it.
Read More »
More: Serge Bromberg, Features, A Trip to the Moon, George Melies, Martin Scorsese, Extraordinary Voyage

Follow Us

Most Comments

Recent Comments

Most "Liked"

fresh from the blogs

browse the blog network »

Around The Network

the network

indiewire

categories