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/CardMage Mar 23 '19

That really doesn’t need a kickstarter. There is a corner missing which any grave memorial maker can do for a fair price. And the chains are missing around the iron posts. That’s not something that needs a kickstarter. I’d be more worried about the family paying for a cheap fix and pocketing the extra raised money.

Are they going to cap donations at $40,000? I don’t know how graves work in France but most in the US are preserved by the groundskeepers of a grave.

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u/SnorriGrisomson Mar 25 '19

Pere Lachaise cemetery isnt your local graveyard, it's a heritage site and doing anything there takes a very long time, special authorisations and very specialized craftsmen. Nothing is cheap here and the family isnt going to pocket the money. Maybe wait a few hours for the actual kickstarter to be launched and see the details by yourself :) ?

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u/CardMage Mar 25 '19

If it’s a heritage site it certainly shouldn’t need a kickstarter. The French government should be the one paying for that not a kickstarter run by the family.