For those who don't know, the Smashing Pumpkin's Tonight, Tonight video was based largely on the work of the early filmmaker Georges Méliès, after whom the ship carrying the music video's protagonists is named. Méliès' Voyage dans la Lune was the main inspiration:
La Sirène was another film that likely gave shape to the undersea scene
Méliès was made a fictional character in the recent book and movie Hugo. It also stars an automaton!
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