Gaston Méliès and his Wandering Star Film Company
2005
Rated NR
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In 1912-1913 movie pioneer Gaston Méliès brother of Georges Méliès did a ten month long trip around Asia-Pacific shooting both documentaries and fictions on location in Polynesia New Zealand Australia Java Singapore Cambodia and Japan. He wanted the “real” thing” he filmed with the locals being one of the first to give Polynesians Maoris Aborigines and Khmers a chance to appear on screen. His hybrid cinema dealt with questions of alterity identity and representation.
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