Brickfilms:
Cinema,
Space
and Lego.
Since
the beginning cinema has been fascinate by space: it is known that
the first movie ever has been Le
voyage dans la Lune by
Geroge Méliès.
Less
known is that also the first brickfilm (you know, Lego stop-motion
videos) treats of the same topic. For an exceptional coincidence
1973's
En rejse til månen has
the very same title, just in Danish. Twelve years old Lars Hassing
and his brother Henrik realized it for their grandparents golden
wedding anniversary and were influenced by the Apollo program.
Apparently they even went up to and showed it to Godtfred Kirk
Christiansen, who, in sign of appreciation, rewarded the lucky kids
with large Lego sets.
Coincidences,
however, aren't over. The second ever birckfilm is Lego
Wars
by Fernando Escovar. It was inspired by a trendy movie of the time:
Star
Wars. The
displayed minifigures hold medieval weapons and the spaceship is
truly a Red Cross helicopter: Star
Wars
Lego sets weren't available at the time.
That's the thing, though,
Fernando would maybe have been surprised to know that nineteen years
later Star Wars would become the first ever licensed theme featured
in Lego.
Benny
approves!
... and so does Vader!