Technical wizardry and giddy thrills: 10 of the best films more than a century old
A Trip to the Moon (1902) Plucky French scientists travel to the moon and back, meeting its strange, hostile inhabitants. This is an important film, stretching a narrative over 14 minutes, rather than the then-standard two. But it’s also a lot of fun, and contains perhaps the most famous image in all silent cinema, as the man in the moon gets a rocket in the eye. The Peasants’ Lot (1912) In pre-revolutionary Russia, a destitute peasant girl is...
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