Magic tricks and illusion became my speciality. The world of imagination. My beautiful...
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Georges Méliès:
Magic tricks and illusion became my speciality. The world of imagination. My beautiful wife was my muse, my star, and we couldn't have been happier. We thought it would never end. How could it?
Georges Méliès:
[continues, as scenes of WWI battle are depicted]
But then the war came. And youth and hope were at an end. The world had no time for magic tricks and movie shows. The returning soldiers, having seen so much of reality, were bored by my films. Tastes had changed, but I had not changed with them. No one wanted my movies anymore. Eventually I... I couldn't pay the actors... or keep the business running, and... and so my enchanted castle fell to ruin. Everything was lost.
Georges Méliès:
[continues, as scenes of him destroying his business inventory are shown]
One night, in bitter despair, I... I burned all my old sets and costumes. I was forced to sell my movies to a company that melted them down into chemicals. These chemicals were used to make shoe heels. With the little money I had from selling my films, I bought the toy booth... and there I have remained. The only thing I couldn't bring myself to destroy was my beloved automaton. So I gave him to a museum, hoping he would find a home. But they never put him on display. And then the museum burned. It's all gone now. Everything I ever made. Nothing but ashes and fading strips of celluloid. My life has taught me one lesson, Hugo, and not the one I thought it would. Happy endings only happen in the movies.
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Magic tricks and illusion became my spaciality
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The world of imagination
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My beautiful wife was my muse my star
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And we couldn't have been happier
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Clip duration: 27 seconds
Views: 102
Timestamp in movie: 01h 39m 30s
Uploaded: 25 March, 2022
Genres: adventure, drama, family
Summary: Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.
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00:26 If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from
00:47 It's all gone now
00:20 I address you all tonight as you truly are
01:20 Thinking I could fix it
00:11 It worked perfectly
00:18 I know you're there
00:19 Give me back my notebook
01:22 Professor Tabard
00:19 I would recognize the sound of a movie projector anywhere
00:17 Maybe that's why broken machines make me so sad
00:34 I'd imagine the whole world was one big machine
00:15 If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from
00:08 We could get into trouble
00:26 It's all gone now Everything I ever made
00:20 Georges
00:41 And now my friends
00:36 This one can write
00:12 Because this might be an adventure
00:10 It's in color
00:36 What an idiot to think I could fix it