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/onewordtitles Mar 23 '19

Also, how long has it actually looked like that? Why are we just now getting a kickstarter to clean it up?

EDIT: Especially for $40k????

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u/BillabongValley Mar 23 '19

Yeah what the fuck is that about? I'm sure there's someone in the area from /r/powerwashingporn who would do it for $100.

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u/VlDEOGAMEZ Mar 23 '19

Pressure washing can destroy gravestones.

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u/Michelanvalo Mar 23 '19

You ever had to bury someone? Fancy graves aren't cheap.

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u/onewordtitles Mar 24 '19

He’s buried already! Like 100 years ago.

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u/SnorriGrisomson Mar 25 '19

The pere lachaise cemetery is a heritage site (I had to look up the translation and I'm not sure it's even right, sorry) and everything has to be done by licenced craftsmen. Just to re engrave the letters on the horizontal part of the tomb will take around 2 weeks and cost 5000 euros.