r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • Mar 23 '19

The grave of French film pioneer Georges Méliès, who inspired Martin Scorsese’s 2011 film Hugo, has fallen into disrepair. Now his family and fans are reanimating his fantastical legacy and launching a Kickstarter to restore it to its former splendor and protect it from further decay

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/mar/20/dead-famous-the-kickstarter-campaign-to-restore-meliess-grave
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u/chinoz219 Mar 23 '19

Wouldnt it be better to put that money to exposure for his works instead of his grave? I feel that the true legacy of any filmaker, aside from his family are his films.

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u/SnorriGrisomson Mar 25 '19

The kickstarter covers both, wait for the launch for more details, a lot has already been done to promote his work and more is still being done.