The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)

Published on Apr 28, 2013
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (originally L'éclipse du soleil en pleine lune) is a French silent film made in 1907 by director Georges Méliès.

The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon has been remarked upon for its overt sexual symbolism. The Sun and the Moon, both apparently male, are presented as having an erotic encounter, an early depiction of homosexuality in cinema. Christine Cornea posits that the film's primary theme, namely the clash of scientific logic with sexual desire, was also evident in Méliès' earlier films A Trip to the Moon and The Impossible Voyage, and would become a prominent in many subsequent science-fiction films.