Digital version & the CD / DVD Limited Edition: Includes 16 minute restored film ‘Le Voyage Dans La Lune’ (A Trip To The Moon) by Georges Méliès.
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Internationally revered French electronic music duo, AIR (Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin), attended an exclusive screening of Georges Méliès’ cult film A Trip to the Moon shown in its restored colour version.

The duo also gave an exclusive interview to Culturethèque.

Le Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon), was released in black and white and also in colour, hand painted, in 1902. It was an immediate success worldwide and the first blockbuster in the history of cinema. Widely considered one of the most important and influential works in film history, it has inspired Martin Scorsese’s latest film Hugo which comprises several extracts of it and centres around Méliès’ life.
The colour version, believed lost during several decades, was discovered in 1993 in Spain, however in very poor condition. Three specialists in film restoration, Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema and Technicolor Foundation for Cinema Heritage and Lobster Films conducted a complete restoration in 2010, one of the most complex and ambitious in the history of cinema. Eager to put a contemporary spin on this classic silent film, the two foundations approached AIR’s Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel to compose an original modern soundtrack. The film was premiered on 11 May 2011 at the Cannes Film Festival Opening Evening to immediate and unanimous acclaim.
Spurred on by their work on A Trip to the Moon, AIR decided to develop the project into a full album inspired by the film, expanding the original musical themes beyond cinematic instrumentals. AIR’s new album Le Voyage Dans La Lune will be released on 6th February.
Discover Georges Méliès’ colour masterpiece brought back to life more than 100 years after its first release.

In English.