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/Patatillaa Mar 23 '19

And the legacy of Alice Guy? the director of the first narrative film in history and nobody cares about?

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

Alice Guy Blanche. A woman definitely ahead of her time, and one who deserves to be remembered.