In 1912-1913, movie pioneer Gaston Méliès, brother of Georges Méliès, did a ten month long trip around Asia-Pacific, shooting both documentaries and fictions on location in Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia, Java, Singapore, Cambodia and Japan. He wanted the “real” thing” he filmed, with the locals, being one of the first to give Polynesians, Maoris, Aborigines and Khmers a chance to appear on screen. His hybrid cinema dealt with questions of alterity, identity and representation.
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Raphaël Millet
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Star film company needs to be revived
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Yes but Meiies filmed his first Westerns in San Antonio Texas, then after, he went to Santa Barbara, California for a year, then finally Santa Paula.
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