This movie did the impossible. It's still exist while other films from Georges Méliès didn't. This movie is one of the 200 out of 500 films that still around to watch. These factors was cause by Méliès' destruction of his original negatives, the French army's confiscation of his prints and the typical deterioration of time. Honestly, it's really hard to criticize a film that survive this long, but I'll do my best, to be fair. In my opinion, this movie doesn't have the same magic as his earlier film, 1902 Voyage dans la lune/A Voyage to the Moon. In many ways, it felt like retread. Based on yet, another Jules Verne's novel/play, this movie has a similar satire of scientific exploration in which a group of geographers attempt a journey into the interior of the sun, instead of the moon. It really seem like this film was trying to recapture that movie's charm. While, it's not, technically a sequel, it tries way too hard to copy the original film. It even tries to have an iconic 'bullet to the Moon's eye' scene, by having a scene where a train, goes through the sun's mouth. Like the first film, our great grandfathers were quite ignorant back, when it came to science, but I do not blame them. The sun used to be a very mysterious place before the space age. It's amazing to see what human beings used to believe. It's somewhat believable at the time, that the sun's core, could be cool, enough to allow human beings to survive. The movie tries to bring, something new, by having the explorers use every known means of transportation, at the time, to get there. There are scenes, where the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps, so that, they can gather enough ice for their craft, so they can survive, the sun's extreme heat. Then, after, leaving the sun's surface, be able to cool, their craft under the ocean. These strange, surreal journeys somewhat in the style of Jules Verne, and are considered among the most important early science fiction films, though their approach is closer more to Sci-fantasy or Steam-Punk, as today's standards. While, this movie is indeed, an indulgence of joyous escapism and brain-bypassing spectacle. In many ways, I felt like this movie was trying to do, too much to top the first film. This movie is chaotic. It dissolves some of narrative structures, by not having title cards. It's really, up to the viewer to dissolve, what's the film is trying to show. This lack of narrative, can make this film; a very confusing watch. The wild action, and slapstick style make this really odd film to witness. The strength of the film is the visuals. The variety of incredibly creative sets and props is amazing. Méliès, a prolific innovator in the use of special effects, shows why he's call, 'The Cinemagician"; by using cinematic techniques, such as multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted color in his work. Because of his ability to seemingly manipulate and transform reality through cinematography, Méliès's silent works can still, seem more entertaining, than any other silent films from the era. Certain themes are identifiable. A recurring feature is the pliability of the body, whether it transforms into something else. In this case, it's the face of the sun, turning from human to sun-like drawing. It's surreal. Surprising, this movie didn't have much eye candy. George Melies was known for putting beautiful women in his films and not giving them a part except to be wallflowers. Yet, this movie lacks that. Melies' moral philosophy is often Manichean and his feelings towards the opposite sex are ambivalent. Three kinds of women populated his pantomimes: angels, maids and temptresses. None of them, were really used here. This movie was nearly impossible for Georges Méliès to make. The production was once again created entirely inside the Montreuil studio and it really push his resources and ingenuity to his limits. The film was more expensive to produce than Trip to the Moon, and ran much longer. The film was 24 minutes in length (which at the time, was almost unheard). An optional 50-meter-long epilogue, was also filmed, but was sold separately. This supplementary section was believed lost until the 1970s, when a Méliès scholar John Frazer discovered it. However, it was lost, yet again, soon after, its discovery. Despite, being rare. This movie is easy to find on the internet. If you can't find; don't worry, because Director Martin Scorsese should clips of this film, in his 2011's film, 'Hugo', which tells a fictional story about Georges Méliès. Overall: While, a lot of people might not know, who George Melies and in my opinion, should watch Trip to the Moon, over this. This movie wasn't bad. It's quite meh (OK). In an era where so many directors were neither daring nor imaginative enough to make the impossible happen on screen, 'Le Voyage à travers l'impossible' is the pinnacle of early film-making. It's a must-watch for any silent film, fan.