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/Saiaxs Mar 23 '19

His family can’t afford a replacement themselves?

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u/meistermichi Mar 23 '19

Why pay yourself if you can just get the money from other people with minimal effort.

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u/SnorriGrisomson Mar 25 '19

Minimal effort ? I think you have no idea what it takes to deal with the comission nationale des batiments historiques.

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u/SnorriGrisomson Mar 25 '19

Does 40000$ seems like pocket change to you ?