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Bruce Sterling
Nov 7, 2011 1:10 PM

Dead Media Beat: Melies Le Voyage dans la Lune Restored in Hand-Painted Color

*An epic tale of dead-media restored to life.

http://www.fastcompany.com/1792820/a-long-strange-trip-to-the-moon

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