As the Earth drifts by, the camera""s perspective is from somewhere between Earth and the Moon.Two different kinds of satellites (one slightly rectangular, the other cylindrical) float by, circling around the globe of Earth.She still retained a telepathic, psychically-possessed link between herself and her uncle Michael, after touching his hand, and their movements mirrored each other.This film paved the way for Chaplin""s future feature films - he continued to make silent films that extended well beyond the advent of "talkies" (includingThe Gold Rush (1925),City Lights (1931), andModern Times (1936)) until his first full-length sound pictureThe Great Dictator (1940).]Melies wrote the whimsical script, acted in the film in the lead role, designed the sets and costumes, directed, photographed, and produced the film! He hired acrobats from the Folies Bergere o play the lunar inhabitants named Selenites, and the scantily dressed assistants (or pages) who launched the cannon were dancers from the Châtelet ballet.