Question: How exactly is "Le Voyage dans la Lune" not on Criterion Channel. It should be public domain, right? How can you *not* have found a copy? Is it on Canopy at least?
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watched it on Mubi not a long time ago! regarding licensing, afaiu the original is in public domain, but the copy was in terrible shape. for watching a coherent piece, you'll want to see the new version, restored in 2011 from a hand-colored print discovered in 1993
aug 31, 2025, 5:39 am • 1 0 • view
It's on Vimeo: vimeo.com/505703902
aug 31, 2025, 3:08 am • 0 0 • view
Also rentable on Amazon for a buck: www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...
aug 31, 2025, 3:09 am • 1 0 • view
[not the question you asked] the Wikipedia page has two different versions of it [the question you asked] they really should have it, and it is strange they do not
aug 31, 2025, 3:02 am • 0 0 • view
Do you just want to watch it or are you looking for some specific edition?
aug 31, 2025, 3:01 am • 0 0 • view
I guess I'm just trying to find a way to watch it without it getting interrupted eight minutes in by an advertisement. It would also be good to have sort of curation on the version I watch (is there a standard score? Probably wikipedia knows but I'm on the couch fiddling with an Apple TV)
aug 31, 2025, 3:06 am • 0 0 • view
This is the flicker alley restoration, which is the current "best" one: tv.apple.com/us/movie/a-t...
aug 31, 2025, 3:10 am • 1 0 • view
I believe the Flicker Alley version is also on Kanopy as "A Trip to the Moon In Its Original 1902 Colors/The Extraordinary Voyage"!
aug 31, 2025, 3:24 am • 3 0 • view
I can tell you that archive.org has several copies of it with varying scores. In 2012 Kino Lorber and Flicker Alley did a remaster with full orchestra score which I imagine can be purchased digitally or on disc.
aug 31, 2025, 3:08 am • 1 0 • view
I could be wrong but I’m pretty certain the only things on Criterion Channel (and Criterion at large) are things they physically either have or have access to from original prints.
aug 31, 2025, 2:54 am • 0 0 • view
I think the colorized version was on the later briefly. They probably move things around for data storage reasons?
aug 31, 2025, 3:08 am • 1 0 • view
the colorized version is probably a copyrightable derivative work
aug 31, 2025, 4:04 am • 0 0 • view
If you're just looking to watch it, it's on youtube youtu.be/xLVChRVfZ74
aug 31, 2025, 3:03 am • 0 0 • view
re: watching it with a standard score, there's multiple versions if you search and, for now at least, ublock origin still works with yt
aug 31, 2025, 3:10 am • 0 0 • view
HBO currently has a version. There are also many versions on YouTube. The version I saw on Criterion a year ago was a recent restoration and had a modern soundtrack; I presume even if the movie itself is public domain, this version of it needs to be licensed
aug 31, 2025, 3:12 am • 2 0 • view
I vaguely remember it being on Shudder at one point when they were doing a big sci-fi promo push
aug 31, 2025, 2:56 am • 0 0 • view
…did it leave? And if so, again, how??
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