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  1. A Trip to the Moon

    History, Artemis, and Humanity’s Space Junk

    There is something almost innocent, at first glance, about Georges Méliès’s A Trip to the Moon. The painted sets, the theatrical gestures, the famous image of the capsule lodged in the eye of the moon — all of it feels whimsical, handmade, full of wonder. It bears the marks of ingenuity in their freshest form. Cinema is still young. Imagination is learning what machinery can do. Human beings are discovering that they can build not only devices, but dreams.

    And yet, to watch the film closely is to feel a disturbance beneath the delight.

    The voyage is not simply a journey. It is an invasion. The moon is not approached with humility or reverence, but penetrated, subdued, and turned into a stage for conquest. The lunar beings are encountered not as neighbors in wonder but as hostile “natives,” there to be struck, shattered, and overcome. The travelers return not merely with experience, but with a captive and a triumphal procession. What looks at first like fantasy reveals itself as a little parable of empire.

    That is why the film still matters. It is not only an early science-fiction spectacle. It is an early warning.

    Read the full essay at PeaceGrooves.

    #ATripToTheMoon #Artemis #colonialism #Conquest #culturalCritique #EarlyCinema #Empire #FearOfTheUnknown #FilmReflection #HonoringMystery #humanNature #Lament #Modernity #MoonRace #Moonfall #moralImagination #mystery #Otherness #propheticReflection #Racism #Reverence #scienceFiction #SpaceExploration #StarsAndEmpire #TechnologyAndEthics #Violence #Wonder
  2. A Trip to the Moon

    History, Artemis, and Humanity’s Space Junk

    There is something almost innocent, at first glance, about Georges Méliès’s A Trip to the Moon. The painted sets, the theatrical gestures, the famous image of the capsule lodged in the eye of the moon — all of it feels whimsical, handmade, full of wonder. It bears the marks of ingenuity in their freshest form. Cinema is still young. Imagination is learning what machinery can do. Human beings are discovering that they can build not only devices, but dreams.

    And yet, to watch the film closely is to feel a disturbance beneath the delight.

    The voyage is not simply a journey. It is an invasion. The moon is not approached with humility or reverence, but penetrated, subdued, and turned into a stage for conquest. The lunar beings are encountered not as neighbors in wonder but as hostile “natives,” there to be struck, shattered, and overcome. The travelers return not merely with experience, but with a captive and a triumphal procession. What looks at first like fantasy reveals itself as a little parable of empire.

    That is why the film still matters. It is not only an early science-fiction spectacle. It is an early warning.

    Read the full essay at PeaceGrooves.

    #ATripToTheMoon #Artemis #colonialism #Conquest #culturalCritique #EarlyCinema #Empire #FearOfTheUnknown #FilmReflection #HonoringMystery #humanNature #Lament #Modernity #MoonRace #Moonfall #moralImagination #mystery #Otherness #propheticReflection #Racism #Reverence #scienceFiction #SpaceExploration #StarsAndEmpire #TechnologyAndEthics #Violence #Wonder
  3. In the early 2000s, Kerstin Herlt managed the pioneering f_films project, which aimed to document the contributions of female filmmakers to European cinema. In this interview, she recalls the project's history. While some of the results were later added to the DFF database, others are only accessible via the project website, which is no longer updated and therefore somewhat hidden.

    doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17234382

    #DigitalFilmHistory #FeministFilmHistory #DH #DFF #EarlyCinema #Metadata #FilmHistory

  4. Anfang der 2000er Jahre leitete Kerstin Herlt das wegweisende Projekt f_films und gibt in diesem Interview Einblick in seine Entstehung und Umsetzung. Das Ziel des frühen digitalen Projekts war die Dokumentation und Sichtbarmachung von Filmemacherinnen des europäischen Kinos, wobei ein Teil der im Projekt erstellten Daten in die Datenbank des DFF eingespeist wurde.

    doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17234348

    #DigitalFilmHistory #FeministFilmHistory #DH #DFF #EarlyCinema #Metadata #FilmHistory #DigitalHumanities

  5. Kate Saccone has served as a project manager for the Women Film Pioneers Project (WFPP) since 2013. In her interview, she talks about the origins, community, and editorial practices of the WFPP and addresses the platform's role as a social networking space for feminist film historians. She also outlines the WFPP's strategies for long-term preservation and accessibility.

    doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17234442

    #FeministFilmHistory #WFPP #DigitalScholarlyPublishing #Metadata #EarlyCinema #DH #DataPractices

  6. Get to know your mutuals. List 10 things you're into!

    1. Cats (I love all animals, but wolves are actually my favourite)

    2. Art

    3. Videogames

    4. Films (2000 or older)

    5. Care Bears

    6. Books

    7. Marijuana

    8. Bowling

    9. Horror

    10. Politics

    ✌️🌸

    #TCMParty #BMovieManiacs #ILikeToWatch #CineMon #silentfilms #Silentera #SilentCinema #SilentMovies #SilentFlickerSunday #earlycinema #classicfilms #FilmNoir #MastoFilm #CultFilms #CineMastodon #Filmastodon #History #Histodons

  7. Dollar sale at a record store

    Not in good shape and obscure but I did fine a few things.

    I love old westerns, the ones before spaghetti westerns. Tex Ritter was the best.

    Ambush at Tomahawk Gap with John Hodiak

    #Western #BWestern #GowerGulch #PovetyRow
    #TCMParty #BMovieManiacs #ILikeToWatch #CineMon #earlycinema #classicfilms #FilmNoir #MastoFilm #CultFilms #CineMastodon #Filmastodon #History #Histodons #MovieMemorabilia

  8. While getting photos of Mack Sennett postcards I left the folder open to these wonderful original movie promo photos for Zasu Pitts. Thema Todd appears in the left one. 2 very funny women who made the switch to sound. Their peak was in the early sound era.

    Source: Private collection.

    #TCMParty #BMovieManiacs #CineMon #silentfilms #Silentera #SilentCinema #SilentMovies #earlycinema #classicfilms #MastoFilm #CineMastodon #Filmastodon #History #Histodons #ThemaTodd #ZasuPitts #MovieMemorabilia

  9. Mack Sennett Comedy Postcards

    Better known for Keystone Film slapstick films Mack Sennett also produced comedies featuring bathing beauties. Bordering on the salacious at the time they were a popular alternative to "French Postcards."

    From private collection

    #TCMParty #CineMon #silentfilms #Silentera #SilentCinema #SilentMovies #earlycinema #classicfilms #MastoFilm #CultFilms #Filmastodon #History #Histodons #MackSennett #MovieMemorabilia #BathingBeauties #Postcards
    @silentbeauties