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Terry Gilliam George Lucas<br />
Georges Méliès est <strong>le</strong> premier magicien du cinema. Son sens joyeux de l'amusement<br />
et sa capacité a nous surprendre ont beaucoup influence mes toutes premières œuvres<br />
d'animation mais aussi mes films ultérieurs. Il semb<strong>le</strong> que son influence se soit aussi<br />
exercée presente de façon subti<strong>le</strong>. La dernière scène de The Imagination of Doctor<br />
Parnassus a été conçue comme un hommage a la fin de la vie de Georges Méliès.<br />
Comme mon Docteur Parnassus, il était réduit a vendre des jouets dans une petite<br />
boutique. Dans une gare de chemin de fer a Paris. Pour une raison que j'ignore, je<br />
n'avais jamais su de quel<strong>le</strong> gare il s'agissait et je ne l'ai découvert que peu après<br />
la fin du tournage de mon film. C'était la gare Montparnasse!<br />
Et aujourd'hui Méliès reste toujours une source d'inspiration très vive!<br />
George Méliès was the first great film magician. His joyous sense of fun and ability<br />
to astound were a big influence on both my early animations and then my live action<br />
films. He seems to have wielded more subt<strong>le</strong> influences as well. The last scene of<br />
The Imagination of Doctor Parnassus was meant as an homage to the end of Méliès<br />
life. Like my Doctor Parnassus, he was reduced to selling children's toys from a litt<strong>le</strong><br />
stall. His stall stood outside a Paris railway station. For some reason I was never<br />
aware of which one until sometime after finishing the film. It was Montparnasse!<br />
But, of course, Melies still has a tight creative grip on me.<br />
Terry Gilliam, cinéaste / filmmaker, UK-USA<br />
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“I’ve always been a great supporter of film restoration.<br />
The restoration of this newly discovered color print is<br />
a treat for anyone who loves cinema and its history.<br />
Méliès’ grand adventure gave us all the opportunity<br />
to dream. The art of film has come a long way since<br />
that time, but the spirit never changes. We will forever<br />
use the medium as a means of exploring the unknown<br />
and the impossib<strong>le</strong> - following in the tradition<br />
that was set more than a century ago.”<br />
George Lucas, cinéaste / filmmaker, USA<br />
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