The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon ( French: L' Éclipse du Soleil en Pleine Lune ) is a 1907 film by    • Georges Méliès  

Synopsis . (0:07) During a conference, an old astronomer (Georges Méliès) explains that an eclipse will soon occur, (1:22) so all the scientists rush to the window with their telescopes: a large telescope shows the Moon and the Sun with human faces (3:00), they lick their lips, come closer, overlap and then move away again. (5:00) The old astronomer leans out of the tower to observe better, but he falls below and ends up upside down in a barrel full of water.

Méliès employs various scenic devices here, including rotating painted backdrops, pyrotechnics, and all the paraphernalia of a show that he has mastered for over ten years. However, it is the central scene that truly stands out, the eclipse (3:00), with its explicit sexual allusions.
Both the roles of the Sun and the Moon are played by men, making it one of the very first representations of homosexuality in cinema. It was originally produced as part of a musichall show at La Cigale in Paris, similar to several other films by Méliès during that period, including An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905) and The Conquest of the Pole (1912) by Georges Méliès:    • À la conquête du Pôle (1912) Georges ...  

The track used in this video copy is The Swallow's Pain by Fabio Napodano (ItAlien). Color design by @iconaus

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