Hugo (Scorcese, 2011)

Option 1. Mechanization. In Hugo (Scorcese, 2011) we find an account of Georges Melies, French magician and maker of films for a brief period but important span of years. Discuss the idea of the mechanization of life through automatons and film. Go beyond describing to explain what mechanizing the human form meant socially and culturally to turn-of-the-century culture.