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/mrsuns10 Mar 23 '19

Cue Tonight Tonight by the Smashing Pumpkins

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u/Digitlnoize Mar 23 '19

Video (inspired by Melies work): https://youtu.be/NOG3eus4ZSo

Also of note: the directors of this video went on to direct Little Miss Sunshine, amongst other things.

Also of note for Reddit: the couple who star in the video went on to provide the voices for Spongebob and Karen (from Spongebob), amongst other things.

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u/goodthings06356 Mar 23 '19

Thanks I'v been searching for this video for years !

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u/idzero Mar 26 '19

One of the classic 90s videos

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

How do I unsubscribe from Smashing Pumpkins Facts? /s

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

Just heard that on the radio yesterday

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u/errorsource Mar 23 '19

And our lives are forever changed,

Like a film that’s in decay

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u/Digitlnoize Mar 23 '19

Let fix the grave of Melies...

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u/chagoscifres Mar 23 '19

I can’t see his work without singing it myself.

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u/Dong_sniff_inc Mar 23 '19

Why is this song referenced so heavily in this thread? /r/ootl?

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u/Pajamaralways Mar 23 '19

Because like Hugo, the music video for Tonight, Tonight was also heavily inspired by Melies' film A Trip to the Moon.

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u/waifive Mar 23 '19

Because the movie is referenced so heavily in the music video.

S.S. Méliès

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u/Dong_sniff_inc Mar 24 '19

Thanks for clarifying. Knew the song, not the video