Georges Méliès: L' Éclipse du Soleil en Pleine Lune (1907) - colorized by AI

During a lecture, an old astronomer explains the phenomenon of an eclipse that will soon occur. As soon as the appointed time comes, everyone rushes to the window with their telescopes, while the old man climbs on the observation tower followed by two assistants: (3:00) a large telescope shows the Moon and the Sun that, with human faces , they lick their lips, get closer, overlap and then move away again. In front of the telescope now pass different celestial bodies with human features that, meeting, exchange a few words with each other, fall in love and quarrel; later their passage is replaced by a rain of meteorites that seen up close have the appearance of girls. The old astronomer leans out of the tower to get a better look at the phenomenon but falls from below and, in the eyes of his students, ends up with his legs in the air in a barrel full of water. The assistants and some servants take the old professor out and bring him back to the classroom: after making him sit down, they dry him as best they can, but the man already has a cold, so they cover him with blankets and fill him with pillows, ruining the now empty floor. of senses.
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